CHAPTER XIII. 



ON TRAINING GROOMS AND EXERCISE BOYS. 



In most trades and professions, men hav^e a peculiar 

 manner of expressing themselves, in ordering or ar- 

 ranging any thing in their business. In this respect, 

 training grooms and jockeys may be said to make use 

 of a language exclusively their own, and which may 

 not be generally understood by many of my readers ; 

 therefore, whenever I make use of any phrase such as 

 is used on the turf, I shall, if I see it necessary, accom- 

 pany the same with an explanation. 



I now come to speak of the training groom. It is 

 highly requisite that I should enter into a very accurate 

 description of this man ; for it is of the utmost im- 

 portance to every nobleman and gentleman on the turf, 

 that a man undertaking the management of race-horses, 

 should be thoroughly acquainted, not only with every 

 thing relating to the business of training them to run, 

 but he should know how to guard against accidents, 

 and give the necessary orders how^ the horses are to be 



