. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 144 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS In 1/99 Hambletonian and Diamond ran for a sum of three thousand guineas at Newmarket. A "sweepstakes" is a race in which several horses may take part, the winner taking the total of the stakes. The "king's or queen's plate" is a prize given by the sovereign ; formerly it consisted of some object of art, but of late it has taken the form of a purse containing one hundred guineas. chances are that all t
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness; tr. from the French of Gos. De Voogt, by Katharine P. Wormeley;. Domestic animals. 144 OUR DOMESTIC ANIMALS In 1/99 Hambletonian and Diamond ran for a sum of three thousand guineas at Newmarket. A "sweepstakes" is a race in which several horses may take part, the winner taking the total of the stakes. The "king's or queen's plate" is a prize given by the sovereign ; formerly it consisted of some object of art, but of late it has taken the form of a purse containing one hundred guineas. chances are that all the horses will be equal When the weighting is made known on the morning of the race any owner who is dissat- isfied may withdraw his horse without paying a forfeit. Newmarket is a little town where the most numerous and most important races are held. The land is perfectly smooth and even, and very fa\orable for what are called flat races. QCO A'.ADIS The " Derby " is a race run at Epsom by three-year-old stallions. The " Oaks stake " is also run at Epsom by three-year-old fillies, while the St. Legeris run at Doncaster by three-year-okl horses of all kinds. A "handicap" is run by different partici- pants, but the weight they carry varies accr)rd- ing to the way they have run in previous races. If the handicapper, that is the man who dis- tributes the weights, knows his business, the in contradistinction to steeplechases, or races over barriers and obstacles. The Newmarket races often last a week, excluding Sunday. There are twenty different tracks and several trainers' stables. The king of England, who has a large stud of racers and is an ardent sports- man, has an establishment at Newmarket in charge of the trainer Richard Marsh. One can often see the king himself, mounted on a stout pony, superintending the training of his horses. Digitized by IVIicrosoft®. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been d
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