CHAPTER XXI. 



ON THE DUTIES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE TRAINING 

 GROOMS, AND JOCKEYS. 



It is almost unnecessary for me to observe here, that 

 a man who is a training groom, either public or pri- 

 vate, should be a sober, honest, attentive, and intelli- 

 gent man. He must be perfectly well acquainted with 

 every individual thing relating to a race-horse. With 

 a clear head, his thoughts should be almost incessantly 

 occupied in studying the different tempers and consti- 

 tutions of such horses as may be placed under his 

 care to train. He should minutely calculate every 

 point, both for and against each horse, so that he may 

 be able properly to arrange the feeding and working 

 of the horses under his care. He must have a quick 

 eye, to observe in due time the changes any of his 

 horses may be likely to make. It is by strictly ob- 

 serving all such things, that he is able to bring each 

 horse to post in such foiin as will enable him to come 

 the length he may be engaged to run at his best pace, 

 and without the risk of injuring his constitution. 



