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the race that loo to 15 would have been 

 about the price ; but every one on the course 

 seemed to know all about the horse, he tells 

 you ; the inference being that you had backed 

 it for a great deal of money yourself and had 

 told all your friends to back it before he could 

 get his money on. A suspicious employer is 

 one of the trainer's special bugbears. It would 

 be a delight to send him the sort of letter you 

 compose in your head, asking him to be good 

 enough to remove his horses with as little delay 

 as possible ; and sometimes, goaded to despera- 

 tion, you even sit down to write it ; but the 

 letter does not get to the post, for the forage 

 bills are dreadfully heavy, the rent has to be 

 paid, and a tribe of hungry boys at 2^s. a 

 week is a continual drain on your banking 

 account ; so that you have to endure this amongst 

 your other troubles. 



One of the most interesting periods of a 

 trainer's career is when the yearlings come to 

 him and he has to take careful stock of the 

 material provided, always hoping, it need scarcely 

 be said, that there may be a treasure among 

 them whose name, now unknown, if indeed 

 the youngster has been named, will become 

 famous. Some have probably been bought at 



