70 In a Racing Stable, 



the baby racer threw up his heels, and of his own accord 

 ran an imaginary Derby round his paddock for ten minutes 

 at least, leaping over small furze or bramble fences at 

 intervals. 



That home farm must be a good thing for a trainer who 

 has a large establishment to keep up of his own household 

 and his stable-boys and servants. And so it struck me that 

 to be a successful trainer the following qualities are 

 necessary : — 



1. Honesty, industry, and great physical endurance from 

 boyhood. 



2. A knowledge of men and horses, and jockey-boys, 

 household management, economy, as well as management 

 of corn and farm produce, and pigs. 



3. A genial and hospitable manner, tempered with a 

 maximum of caution as regards forming ofF-hand acquaint- 

 anceships. 



4. A good education, with facility at accounts and corres- 

 pondence. 



5. Health and prosperity, and a good helpmate above all. 



MoRA-L. — In my visit to the racing establishment I did 

 not hear a single rough word, and I did not see a single 

 thing done which did not say '' industry, and diligence, and 

 care." When those qualities have been exercised on the 

 noblest of God's brute creatures, anyone who directly or 

 indirectly does anything to rob a horse of his health, or 

 prevent his developing to the fullest the wonderful powers 

 of endurance and speed with which jSTature has invested him, 

 is, to my mind, one of the lowest of God's creatures in 

 human form. 



Note. — When you have seen a racing stable don't say 

 " No " when the trainer takes you home and introduces 

 you to his family, and puts before you some silvery cold 



