TRAINERS AND TRAINING 41 



entirely spoiled by the process. Before writing 

 this article I looked through the Badminton 

 " Racing," and there find that the yearling Peter, 

 the well-known son of Hermit and Lady Masham, 

 was tried on Christmas Day, 1877, with Wanderer, 

 an old horse, over three furlongs, and beat him 

 a head, and that in the following March he had 

 come on 171b. and could give Wanderer 71b. 

 Ecossais was also tried in December as a yearling, 

 and found to be collaterally as good as Prince 

 Charlie at 3 stone ; while Lord Lyon, on Sep- 

 tember 10, 1864, the Saturday before Doncaster, 

 was tried with a two-year-old named Jezebel, when 

 the yearling, in receipt of only 71b., was beaten 

 by no more than a head. Lord Lyon, Peter, and 

 Ecossais, as Turf history shows, made great names 

 for themselves ; but, so far as my experience goes, 

 I am sure they must have been very exceptional 

 animals, and nothing is said in the book about 

 horses that have been ruined by such tasks set them 

 in their immaturity. 



A young horse's life should be made in all 

 respects as agreeable to him as possible, and it is 

 most important to see that his bit and tackle in no 

 way worry or injure him. If all goes well, within 

 a week of being taken up, after being saddled and 

 driven with a long pair of reins — the familiar 



