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of extreme care, and very evenly balanced in mat- 

 ters of honorable understanding, while affairs gen- 

 erally must be made to trend in the direeiiiou of 

 reciprocal and trustworthy obligation. 



Many trainers are entrusted with the delicate 

 duties of making the entries, involving their patrons 

 in large sums for forfeits, extending from year to 

 year, and in some cases for several years. They 

 have frequently to advise their patrons in matters 

 of policy, more especially concerning the capabili- 

 ties of their horses, based on a variety of circum- 

 stances within their knowledge, and about which 

 their patrons could not otherwise derive necessary 

 information. They have also to keep voluminous 

 accounts, provide for the carrying on of a large 

 correspondence in the general business of the estab- 

 lishment, as well as arrange the somewhat onerous 

 and frequently perplexing duties associated with 

 stable trials. 



I do not say that these things exhaust the multi- 

 farious duties a trainer in a large way of business 

 has to combat with, but, at any rate, it gives some 

 general idea of what his daily life consists when at 

 home amongst hisi surroundings. 



Elsewhere than at home a trainer's duties are by 

 no means light, for when his horses are running, 

 sometimes at distant places, he needs to be there, 

 not onlj' to watch over the interests of his employer 



