PORTION" OF PARK HOUSE, SOUTH VIEW 



CHAPTER XIII 



Stables —The Kingsclere establishment — Mr Dollar's views — The head 

 lad — His duties and responsibilities — The daily work — The 'feed' 

 — The litter — ' Throw physic to the dogs ' — The stable boy : his 

 indentures — His treatment and discipline at Kingsclere — Ad- 

 vantages of such training to the boy — Jockeys — 'Where are they?' 

 — The jockey's position and emolument compared with the 

 trainer's — A suggested and much-needed reform — Wells and Sir 

 Joseph Hawley — Wells's walk over — Wells's tailor — Trainers — John 

 Scott — Thomas Dawson — Matthew Dawson: 'a great trainer' — 

 Joseph Dawson — William Goater — 'The ten best horses' — Ted- 

 dington a weak foal — Birmingham another — Fisherman's stoutness 

 — Gladiateur's age — St. Simon 



Mr. Dollar s detailed description — technical, since 

 he writes as an architect and deals with terms 

 current in the builders' trade, yet clear and com- 

 prehensible enough— of what training stables should 



