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using profane or vulgar language ; to put everything 

 when done using it in its appropriate place ; to wipe the 

 I; its before hanging up, and rub the sweat off the harness ; 

 to follow implicity your directions, and, in your absence, 

 those of the foreman ; never to smoke in the stable, or 

 keep a light burning after the usual time ; drunkenness, or 

 even " getting a little tight," to receive condign punish- 

 ment, no matter if there are extenuating circumstance ; 

 to be neat in personal appearance and in the arrangement 

 of the stable. Other minor regulations will present them- 

 selves. 



To look for these qualifications in " rubbers " may be 

 thought useless ; but I never keep a man unless he pos- 

 sess them, and I am happy to state they are obtainable. 

 To encourage young men who work for me, and raise 

 their aspirations to fill their places well, is one of the chief 

 aims in my intercourse with them. I furnish them with 

 all the turf and horse literature that is worthy of being 

 read, and not only find it to their advantage, but also a 

 great furtherance of my own interests. 



The spare time, of which they have a good deal, is thus 

 profitably employed. They take pride in performing their 

 duty well, and the information acquired from reading will 

 never be obliterated or useless, whatever station in life 

 they afterwards occupy. 



PUPIL. The first man who drove the Falcon taught 

 him another bad trick, which your remarks on grooming 

 bring freshly to my mind. He would tie his head up with 

 a rein on each side of the bit, elevating it into a very un- 

 comfortable position, and handling the curry-comb, as you 

 remarked, to give the most pain, when he came to where 

 the hair was the thinnest, he would bear on with additional 

 force and energy of movement, driving the horse nearly 

 frantic, who would cringe almost to the floor, and lash 

 out his hind feet in a desperate manner, requiring a 



