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that purity of blood and standard of excel- 
lence which have rendered the breed of Eng- 
lish horses superior to that of any other 
country in the world.” 
The last statement was borne out by Mr. 
Tattersall’s evidence. He said that he had 
sent horses to every part of the world except 
China. Americaand the countries of Europe 
have been purchasing the best stallions and 
mares money could buy in England during 
the last hundred years and more. 
In 1845 the number of Queen’s Plates 
stood at 51; 36 in Great Britain and 15 in 
Ireland. In 1861 the scale of weights was 
remodelled and made applicable to all the 
Plates wherever run; and in the same year 
it was enacted that ‘none of Her Majesty's 
Plates shall be run in heats.” 
Some few abortive attempts to control 
racing by law have been made since Her 
Majesty’s accession. In 1860 Lord Redes- 
dale introduced into the House of Lords a 
bill to stop light-weight racing by fixing the 
minimum weight at 7 stone. This measure 
was withdrawn, Lord Derby and Lord Gran- 
ville, also a member of the Jockey Club and 
leader of the Liberal Party in the House of 
Lords, promising on behalf of the Jockey 
Club that that body was prepared to deal 
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