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manly and shabby a manner, I contrived to put a little 

 spoke in his wheel by telling the Admiral what Romulus 

 really could do who accordingly clapped 8 st. 7 Ib. on 

 his back for each race, and of course they did not accept. 

 I had very great difficulty in getting a settlement of 

 my account from this grateful young gentleman, and 

 when the needful did arrive, it came in several large 

 packages of post-office-orders, one-pound notes, and other 

 negotiable documents of a varied description. In this, no 

 doubt, he thought he had his revenge ; but I was simply 

 delighted, for I had begun to think that I should have to 

 sue him for the recovery of the money, or lose it alto- 

 gether. To show what I thought of Romulus, I may 

 say that I got Mr. Parker to buy him for a stallion. 

 But he was, as many good horses are, a failure at the 

 stud. He had, however, but few mares, and those not 

 good ones, which was a greater hindrance to his becom- 

 ing fashionable. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



TRAINEES AND JOCKEYS A COMPARISON OF THE OLD AND 

 THE NEW. 



Rapid advancement from stable-boy to trainer ' Success is genius' 

 Changed habits Greater care of health Relaxations Absurdity 

 of early rising Advantage of the jockey's control of horses 

 Legitimate gains from stable secrets Trainers properly set right in 

 trials Marvellous horsemanship Carping owners Improved habits 

 The whole secret of training revealed by a light-weight jockey. 



The modern stable Added cares of the trainer His needed 

 absence safe-guarded The vet. and the head-lad in sickness Con- 

 dition balls and others Flowers supersede the dung-pit Improve- 

 ment in food and drink Suggested additions Clemency of jockeys 

 towards owners Apology for treating the subject. 



FORMERLY trainers used to bring their sons up to the 

 profession, and when they reached the age of twenty-five 



