98 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



band was no sportsman/' In reply to the 

 question of what service it can be to the com- 

 munity a man keeping a string of horses in 

 training, my answer is, in a particular way he 

 does a vast deal of good ; but not if we take 

 the short-sighted view of the abstract fact, of 

 whether he in particular kept the horses or 

 some one else did. This keeping them may 

 only produce the advantage of giving employ tD 

 some eight or ten boys, a head lad, and a 

 trainer, who, I am ready to admit, had they 

 not turned their attention to this mode of life 

 would have found employment in some other. 

 It is therefore not, perhaps, the single act of 

 the nobleman or gentleman keeping the horses 

 that is to be looked at; it is the benefit that 

 a number of such, keeping race horses, confer on 

 society at large that is to be considered, and if 

 the general effect is advantageous to the connnu- 

 nity, each man deserves our thanks, who in 

 himself contributes towards it. 



