
31st July 2012, 09:52 AM
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Join Date: Nov 1999
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Thanks for your acknowledgement Star, much appreciated
"You will see these men along the rail close to the judge's stand, or up in the big stand with their eyes glued to their field glasses. I have heard the uninformed say, when observing this: "That man is still running the race". It is not necessary to reply to such remarks for time is too precious. I want to know how a horse pulls up after a race, how the effort has affected him, whether he won easily without calling upon his reserve power, or whether he was distressed and all out. Many a time one horse has beaten another by a length or two, but with an expenditure of effort that told, while the beaten horse was not palpably distressed. It will take considerable time for the winner to recover from his effort. The second horse will be improved by the race..." ~Pittsburgh Phil.
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