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horses do over the flat. Oxonian, I admit, was an 

 exception to this rule. I can only attribute this to 

 the slowness of the pace at which, generally, they 

 travel, and also to the fact of their being eased so 

 often before taking their fences. Otherwise, I should 

 expect to see the same result over one course as over 

 the other, if due allowance be made for the different 

 effect produced by the wet or dry condition of the 

 ground on different horses; and until I have ocular 

 demonstration to the contrary I shall always think so. 

 Besides his share in Joe Miller, Mr. Farrance had a 

 third share in One Act, and a share in Noisy, Maid of 

 the Mill, Miss Emma, Cardinal Wiseman, and a few 

 others. He raced for a few years only, but was 

 decidedly successful. But this success was un- 

 doubtedly largely clue to the fact that he was con- 

 federate with Mr. Parker. So little had Mr. Farrance 

 to do with it, that I don't think the former ever con- 

 sulted him as to what should be done with any of the 

 horses they had together. Like poor George Arm- 

 strong with Swindell, so was Farrance with Parker 

 • — useful to do his bidding. The cause of the final 

 separation of the two has been already related. Mr. 

 Parker suspected his partner of obtaining information 

 clandestinely from the Woodyates stable about horses 

 of which he was only part owner, if not about others. 

 And it will be remembered that he was so suspected 

 in the instance in which we were forestalled in the 

 betting on One Act. We are reminded in this that 



