48 EACING STOCK. 



tract of land, whether 100 or 1000 

 acres, long cultivated or recently enclosed, 

 set out for the growth of corn or the 

 grazing of cattle, has the convenience 

 necessary to be set apart from the rest 

 of the farm for their support, with space 

 enough for their daily exercise; and, in 

 the second place, it is equally rare to 

 find men among agricultural labourers 

 upon whom you can rely for the 

 care and attention that racing stock, at 

 all seasons and at every age, require. 

 Indeed, it seems to me to be a pur- 

 suit more fit and intended for, those 

 noblemen and gentlemen who, besides 

 their love of the animal, have ample 

 domains, which they can divide and sub- 

 divide into small paddocks, adapted for 

 either sex and all ages, and who can afford 

 to employ men of character and judg- 

 ment in their rearing and 'training. It 

 is a profession of itself, and requires 



