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ference would therefore be, that losing a race is a 

 kind of holiday to him, however much it might be 

 a penance day to those who had betted on his win- 

 ning. This little bit of mystery, but great piece of 

 rascality, must be explained. If two individuals 

 choose to have a private race, or match between two 

 horses, if the rider of either found he could not win 

 his race without greatly distressing his horse, and 

 from feelings of kindness preferred losing the stake 

 to punishing the animal, he need resort to no art or 

 cruelty to effect his purpose. But if a mian runs 

 his horse in a public manner, on a public race course, 

 and for a public stake, the case is widely altered ; 

 he will be told he has no right to consult his own 

 feelings, or those of his horse, as the money and 

 interest of persons betting on this, as on other races, 

 is involved in the event personally. I totally deny 

 the validity of such claim on the part of bettors ; 

 but this is not a subject for discussion here, further 

 than to show why and how an expected winner is 

 often punished by " running him to lose." 



It must be borne in mind that owners of race 



