LIGHT- AND HEAVY-WEIGHT HANDICAPS TABULATED. 197 
The Admiral, it will be seen, alleges that the trainers were 
against the improvement. But if this were so, how came it 
about that twenty-five of their number petitioned Lord Redes- 
dale to have the standard raised? a petition in which I am 
confident more would have joined had they not been, like 
myself, uninformed concerning its intended presentation. 
But I will ask a question in support of my assertion. 
“What races are more popular than heavy-weight handi- 
caps?” The answer is, “None.” To demonstrate this a 
comparison between the light and heavy-wcight handicaps 
is appended in a tabulated form.! 
1 Handicaps for all ages, run for at Newmarket in the Houghton Meeting :— 
Licur WEIGuHTs. Hravy WEeicuHTs. 
Number of Runners 
in each race. 
Number of Runners 
Year. | Total.| Average. : 
in each race. 
Year. | Total.| Average. 
«~ Ir g g | 1873] 29 9 Bh GAGE Sh eas OFF? . 1873 | 25 8 
iat sors 
« Ir ir 8 | 1877 30 Io wee, Hage RR VOR Ge LON) 8 1877 27 9 
1§ 10 10 7 7 3] 1878] §2 8 tes eee cee ae TH 6.9 13 1878 | 42 10 
Nursery Handicaps run for at Newmarket in the Houghton Meeting :— 
4 . tt 
Number of Runners in | Top Weight Weighein Total. Total. | Average. 
each Race in 1877. in 1877. 1877. 
st. Ibs. st. Ib. 
8 2 67 , 
8 12 6 10 
8 12 6 10 
8 12 3 85 
8 6 6 8 
8 12 7 8 
: 180 15 
Idem in 1878. 1878. 1878. 
8 12 6 5 
8 12 60 
8 33 5 12 95 
8 12 6 9 
8 11 6 3 
9 2 8 6 
