On the same principle the races are managed; the course is only two or three hundred yards long, the wish being to have horses that can make a rapid dash.

The racehorses are trained not only to stand with their hoofs touching a line, but to draw all four feet together, so as at the first spring to bring into play the full action of the hind-quarters.

In Chile I was told an anecdote, which I believe was true; and it offers a good illustration of the use of a well-broken animal.

A respectable man riding one day met two others, one of whom was mounted on a horse, which he knew to have been stolen from himself.

He challenged them; they answered him by drawing their sabres and giving chase.