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than anything else connected with it, especially in Eng- 

 land, where handicapping is much more general than in 

 this country. Without it, it is possible to make horse- 

 racing respectable ; with it, it will be more difficult than 

 ever to divorce it from the fraud and rascality which it ifl 

 said to foster. 



The speed of ihe best race-norses is from 13J to 14 

 seconds pei furlong, or from lm.48a.tol m.62a pef 

 mile. 



