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Gimcrack, Mambrino, Shark, Pot-8-os, Dun- 
gannon, Thormanby, and many other famous 
horses have run for the Whip. The course 
is the Beacon, 4 miles 1 furlong 177 yards, 
and the weight to be carried is 10 stone. 
The tendency for years has been in favour 
of short races at the expense of long distance 
events. At the Newmarket Craven meeting 
of 1820 there was one race of about three 
miles, five races of two miles or over, twenty 
of about one mile and two of under one 
mile. At the Newmarket Craven meeting 
of 1900 there were three races of about 
one mile and a half, six of about one mile, 
and eleven of five or six furlongs. The 
necessity for breeding race horses that could 
carry from ten to twelve stone twice or 
thrice in an afternoon over a_ four-mile 
course has disappeared altogether. In his 
place we have the animal which can carry 
seven stone over six or seven furlongs at a 
pace that would probably have left Eclipse 
hopelessly behind, but which is useless for 
any purpose off the race-course. 
The highly artificial existence to which 
our race horses are now subjected, jealously 
protected from change of temperature, and 
“forced” in preparation to take part in two- 
year-old races, has done much to impair 
