THE TURF. 
we much doubt the benefit of the change to Mister, 
and all the appliances to boot. If we mistake not, 
Sir Charles Bunbury's training-groom wore livery to 
the last. At all events, Newmarket jockeys and their 
Jennys were not then to be seen in an Opera-box, 
which we find is no uncommon occurrence now. "A 
cow at the Opera" would have been considered equally 
in her element. 
Those who have only seen race-horses on a race- 
course would be surprised to witness what diminutive 
urchins ride many of them in their training, and the 
perfect command they obtain over them. In the neigh- 
bourhood of large racing establishments, the parents of 
poor children are glad to embrace an opportunity of 
putting them into the stables of a training-groom ; 
knowing that they are certain to be well fed and taken 
care of, with a fair chance of rising in the world. 
But the question that would suggest itself is, how are 
the poor little fellows made equal to the task of riding 
so highly-spirited an animal as the race-horse in a few 
weeks after they are put to the task? The fact is, 
that Tom or Jack is little more than a looker-on for 
the first month or so. He makes the other lads' beds, 
and performs sundry odd jobs ; but then he has his 
eyes open (if he shews no signs of opening them, he 
is rejected in a twinkling), and he sees the other boys 
in their saddles, and observes the confidence with which 
they appear in them. After a certain time he is placed 
upon his master's hack, or a quiet pony, and becomes 
