198 RACING STOCK 



intended for, those noblemen and gentlemen who, besides 

 their love of the animal, have ample domains, which they 

 can divide and subdivide into small paddocks, adapted 

 for either sex and all ages, and who can afford to employ- 

 men of character and judgment in their rearing and 

 training. It is a profession of itself, and requires skill 

 and experience, with " all appliances and means to boot," 

 to attain to an eminence in it — assuming fame, and not 

 profit, to be the object. 



Establishments comprising everv capability for carrying 

 out this rational and national amusement are scattered 

 over the country, and are to be found in almost every 

 county in England ; but, for a regular organized system 

 of management, and for every arrangement and conve- 

 nience for the breeding, rearing, and training the race- 

 horse, few could come up to, and none could surpass, 

 that of the late Earl of Eo-remont, at Petworth. 



The diversity of the soil was well calculated for every 

 stage in the growth of this valuable animal. The rich 

 pastures of the water-meadows gave ample nourishment 

 to the suckling, while the dry, sandy nature of the 

 adjacent lands, covered with a soft, verdant turf, with a 

 small stream of clear water running through it, was well 

 adapted for the prevention of too great an expansion of 

 the foot, which a naturally wet soil will frequently 

 produce ; and, from its extent, gave full scope for the 

 frolicsome and voluntary exercise of the yearling, where 

 he could fairly develop his quality of speed, and where, 

 from the whole produce, the noble owner selected such as 

 his OA\Ti excellent judgment pointed out, to enter for the 

 great prizes at Epsom, Newmarket, and elsewhere. 



