ON THE STABLES, ETC. 27 



methods of feeding, clothing, watering, and exercising 

 this noble animal, may affect his powers for the race, 

 will be ready to excuse my minuteness, or rather, I 

 hope, to applaud me for it. 



Nor in the establishment I propose, have I consulted 

 only the treatment of the horse ; on the contrary, I 

 have endeavoured to provide and arrange the apart- 

 ments and accommodations, which to me appear the 

 most suitable and convenient, for the training groom, 

 head lads, and exercise boys, which such establish- 

 ments necessarily require ; and such, I hope, as will 

 best enable them to execute their duties with ease and 

 credit to themselves, and satisfaction to their employ- 

 ers. 



No establishment can be said to be complete, in 

 which any person or thing, necessary to execute any 

 work in the best manner, is wanting ; nor even if these 

 be all present, can it be said to be well conducted, 

 unless every person about it is suitably accommodated, 

 and everything so well adapted to its proper use, and 

 set in its proper place, that it may always be ready at 

 the shortest notice, to do its office in the most perfect 

 manner. I shall not, therefore, neglect to enumerate 

 the instruments and utensils, which early experience 

 and subsequent reflection have taught me are neces- 

 sary to be provided, in the several departments of duty; 

 nor to assign the places where they should be kept, in 

 order to be readiest at hand. Those who, like myself, 

 have actually performed those duties, will know how 

 much their labours will be facilitated, and their com- 



