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escape other eyes or will be set down as unimportant. 

 "A nice compact horse," one man will say. "Too set 

 and furnished ; no room for improvement," will be the 

 verdict of another. " Too small ; nothing of him," A. 

 will decide, turning from some youngster that is being 

 led round. "Very well shaped colt; good bone; I 

 like him ; he ought to grow into a very useful sort of 

 horse," B, will observe. It will be found that there 

 are two ways of regarding almost everything that is 

 inspected. When owners have many horses, a very 

 large sum can be annually saved by keeping a careful 

 eye on the Calendar^ and paying minor forfeits for 

 animals which it is certain will not be sent for races in 

 which they are engaged. By inattention to this matter 

 a well-known trainer who died not long since annually 

 cost his employers many hundreds of pounds. Of 

 course this was the fault of the owners for not looking 

 into the matter themselves ; but, as so many gentlemen 

 do, they left the matter in the trainer's hands and 

 continually found when too late that they had to pay 

 for his carelessness. If the owner breeds for racing, 

 again, it frequently happens that the trainer is called 

 in to superintend that department, also to advise as to 

 mating the mares, to see that they have all possible 

 attention at critical times, and to keep an eye on the 

 foals when they are born. 



Many persons imagine that the trainer's duties con- 

 sist in riding out on a well-broken hack, to look after 

 his string at exercise in the morning, and say which 



