350 TRYING TWO-YEAR OLDS. 



ning over it, our attention will next be directed 

 to the boys we are to put up to ride them. In 

 the fifth chapter of this volume, I recommended 

 the training groom to select from among his ex- 

 ercise boys half a dozen in whom he can place 

 the greatest confidence. These six boys, it is to 

 be taken for granted, that the groom for a couple 

 of years has spared no pains in instructing, in the 

 riding not only of different horses, but also of 

 difficult ones. By attending to the instruc- 

 tions of the groom, these boys will in a short 

 time become strong on horseback, and in good 

 riding condition, and are thus enabled to put the 

 groom's orders into practice in the riding of any 

 particular horse. These boys will often have to 

 be put up to ride many of the light weights pri- 

 vately as well as publicly. We will suppose that 

 the groom has selected, out of the above six boys, 

 two of the lightest and best riders, with the most 

 patient tempers and still tongues, and that they 

 have had to look after the two above-mentioned 

 two-year old colts from the time of their first 

 coming into training as yearlings; for the sake 

 of brevity we will call them Sam and Bill; the 

 former looking after the best colt, and the latter 

 looking after the second best. These two boys 



