Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1897-12-17
ENGLAND AND THE BRITISH lSLEo

has worth 67OOO open to hlcs as we'll as COTS inc
omen TO FLIES only value average over $4,000; ors
later at Ascot the Prince Wales Stakes over $4,000 ana INC
Coronation 81 and in September the great Don0'S "
I.cger value between $4,000 and $4,000.
AT three wears old the compete in handcaP
which are more numerous and popular than any onef CLASS
races because they afford for betting oPeruoS' anu
because the public interested in seeing the winners OF the
events brought down equality by weight Inc 4>o"'
Csarewch and the Cambdgeshe handicap races are Do " III
October when oa of January nominay three will be really
three years and months old Racehorse breeders 90 not now
ever approve dropping long before the mares can get @
the grass paddocks
A b end Of the thrce-yeaod the winners of the
~ events # colts are often put the stud and the severe weed
inc of second thrcass horses already alluded to taxes place
After four years very few horses OF high class re" " W
turf in fact a very good horse almost driven from INC ~
or after four years old by the penalties OF weight under inc
handcappinq which, and condemned by leading turf uo
tiles but tolerated necessity is really the foundation OF modern
English racing ,1
"Tbe Queens Plates open all horses OF three years ola
and upwards except gedngs weights being for meearodS from
seven stone to eight stone three pounds for four Old eight
stone seven pounds; and SIX years DID, from nine stone Twelve
pounds to ten stone four pounds.
Thc ROYAL Plates England and Scotland are awarded on inc
theory Of encouraging equal long distances heaVy
WEIGHTS In So distance in one instance more ~
three miles; in instances three miles IN the rest 'u wv
miles In three instances winner walked over in ten two com
pced in five competcd in eight four comccd III Wo
five connected; in four compctcd in seven competed one
horse won five plates and two horses each three nat "
say horses took fifteen plates most OF them winning VIII" ~
lous casc-Corisandc by fifty lengths
Thc value of mare the stud who has one OF the great
brcarod races when the that and heavy hand-
Gaping the turf infinitely less than that OF morse
In the first place. she only produce one toa year. WHICH
twins occur they rarely we'll In the next place. experience
has shown that mares unconqucred on the trt have IRE
oucnt been by training other cause so mu
exhausted almost vauecss for breeding purposes mus
Queen OF Tmmps of the Oaks and St Le8cr never threw
racchorsc File rAr who only second as racer 10 @
TO
Eolc whcd brute. That training has something to 90 with m
confirmed by which has been IN training o
three years will rarely all until year has been passed
cooling her down food 1t will be observed from statistics
pace go how LARGE percentage thoroughbred mares are barren
"A close parallel may be found between the careers OF tho
alumni great universities and OF the thoroughbred oa
training the turf considerable number OF undo '
degree ala great many merely Obtain Simple pass Oul
those who do out honors, the majority only famous IN UNI
vers circles year Out OF the annual doubehrsa men
senior wranglcrs Smiths pzcmcn, the majority subSde int
country ccrgmcn undsnqushcd members OF the bar member
OF Parliament House when they rise county mass
as who bore less learned ncghbors few become "nou
orators Chanccors EXchequcr Prime Ministers Lord Chief JUS
c and Bishops Nevertheless undistngushed out OF thc
own social help the and give tone to the eau
cation of the wctodo OF this So too the blood
horse rejected expelled the turf has eavcned the whole mas
riding and light draugh horses with an infusion OF blood ina
makes them uncquacd every other country for quality and size
Unfortunately present day OF these cast blood sire
are affected with hereditary diseases.
TIE SUPPORTS THE TURF.
preceding pages the object has been to describe tn
turf in its present institution which has in fact created tn
blood dwell upon vain projects for reforming mod
Of Gambling which the national taste would nc
exist pretend that modern racemeetng are held Tor III
purpose improving the breed of horses rank hypocrisy The
do indirectly improve the quality OF horses but races are held an
some 100000 awarded in stakes in the Newmarket meeting
alone reality afford the world OF betting men an opportunity
winning and losing immense sums
ln 1873 for the creufcb there we're enyne subscribers and thirty