. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. and long inbody. History tells that he was THE HORSE 143 never distanced, and never needed eitherwhip or spur. Flying Dutchman, born in 1846, hadalready run fi\e races when he was twoand a half years old, winning two |)rizes(;£iiOO and ;£500) at Newmarket, one(;£i200) at Liverpool, and two (;£825 and;£500) at Doncaster. When three yearsold he won the Derby (^^6320), and whenfour years old he won the cup given by theczar of Russia at Ascot. Besides theseprizes he won ;^6o,ooo at other races forhis owner. Lord Eglinton. When fiv
. Our domestic animals, their habits, intelligence and usefulness;. and long inbody. History tells that he was THE HORSE 143 never distanced, and never needed eitherwhip or spur. Flying Dutchman, born in 1846, hadalready run fi\e races when he was twoand a half years old, winning two |)rizes(;£iiOO and ;£500) at Newmarket, one(;£i200) at Liverpool, and two (;£825 and;£500) at Doncaster. When three yearsold he won the Derby (^^6320), and whenfour years old he won the cup given by theczar of Russia at Ascot. Besides theseprizes he won ;^6o,ooo at other races forhis owner. Lord Eglinton. When five yearsold he won a match for ;f looo againstVoltigeur, a worthy rival. At the startVoltigeur got a lead of three lengths, whichhe kept nearly all the way. Towards theclose, however, Flying Dutchman, urgedby his jockey, put forth his full strengthand easily beat his competitor. The dis-tance done was two English miles, and the timewas three minutes and thirty-three seconds. Several sorts of races exist for each ofwhich there are distinct and rules and. i-ok the Race regulations. Of these different races, the prin-cipal are the following. A match is a simple race between twohorses, in which much money is often staked.
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