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from any of the booksellers who deal in works on 

 sporting subjects, and we would advise that the 

 following works should, at all events, form part 

 of the selection, viz : — The works of Mr. John 

 Lawrence ; Mr, Percival's Elementary Lectures on 

 the Veterinary Art, his Anatomy of the Horse, 

 and his Hippopathology ; the Veterinarian, by 

 Messrs. Percival and Youatt, from its commence- 

 ment in 1828, up to the present day ; Mr. James 

 Turner's work on the Navicular Disease ; and all 

 the works of Mr. D. P. Blaine, who is, perhaps, 

 without exception, the first veterinary surgeon of 

 the present day. 



If, in addition to a careful study of these and 

 other similar works, our trainer could find time 

 to attend some lectures, with dissections, either at 

 the College in London, or elsewhere, he would find 

 himself a considerable gainer by the time so be- 

 stowed. 



In conclusion, we must mention as certainly not 

 the least important of a trainer's duties, that by 

 every consideration, whether a strict regard for his 

 employer's interest, or in a moral point of view, 

 he is bound to make the lads under him as happy 

 as circumstances will permit, and to take every 

 opportunity of instructing them as to the duties 

 of their situation. 



When we consider that nearly all our best 

 trainers and jockeys began life as lads in a racing- 



