HANDICAPPING. 843 



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 wUl be more difficult than 

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

 said to foster. 



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

 seconds per fui-long, or from 1 m. 48 a. to 1 m. 62 s. per 

 iwle. 



