April Glories 



racing with the ordinary surroundings; like to 

 be able to distinguish the horses by the colours 

 of their riders, and to see what they are doing 

 all or most of the way. But we are not all 

 constituted alike, and there are thousands who 

 take a keen interest in the racing at these 

 meetings, and obviously those who have not 

 been used to the " erect card " and the colours 

 of the riders, do not miss them. 



The component parts of the field for a Point 

 to Point race afford much subject for study. 

 The field is generally a large one, and it seems 

 to a looker-on that the majority of horses 

 entered cannot have, even in the minds of the 

 most optimistic of owners, the remotest chance 

 of winning a race of any kind. Let us have a 

 look at the lot saddling for the heavy weight 

 race. 



Our worthy friend Jones is going to ride his 

 favourite grey, a weight carrier that carries his 

 seventeen stone owner safely and with credit to 

 the pair of them. But Jones won't trust his 

 favourite in the hands of anyone ; he rides him- 

 self, throwing at least three stone away, and so 



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