Weight for age

a frequent phrase upon the turf. In racing advertisements, proposals of various kinds appear in respect to the weights which are te be carried by horses a year younger or older than others. Such advertisements vary, in some degree, between the weights of one place of sport and another; but as the gold cup weights at Oxford are considered a fair criterion, they are here introduced in explanation. Four year olds carry yen) Five year olds eee Six year olds ‘and aged epee tr ttiay see WertGuT FOR INCHES. When a plate is advertised to be run for by horses ‘* to carry weight for inches,” it is then called a Givz AND TAKE PLATE, which see.