100 THE SPORTING WORLD. 



in whether those pleasures are laudable, useful, 

 or to be condemned. 



It is not to be supposed that noblemen who 

 breed largely and keep a string of race horses 

 in training do so from the paltry idea of profit, 

 many really calculate on losing by their horses, 

 but still keep them on. They may do so 

 possibly from the hope of being more fortunate in 

 future, that not from the sordid influence of the 

 money to be won, but from the hope of seeing 

 their horses in front ; man}'^ a nobleman would 

 cheerfully give up the amount of the Derby 

 stakes, and forfeit a handsome sum into the bar- 

 gain, if any one could ensure him the pleasure 



of hearing Lord wins, and knew their 



petted colt had fairly won "on his merits.*' 

 Many may say, and so he would be pleased if 

 his colt had won by some casualty to another 

 horse, or the cleverness of his jockey, having 

 taken the horse that could have won by surprise, 

 (or at least his jockey); he might be so, and 



