90 A MIRROR OF THE TURF. 



placed that it won a large number of races for its 

 owner, Mr. John Martin ; other race-horses of 

 greater celebrity, such as Lilian, might be men- 

 tioned as having been equally useful during their 

 career on the turf. A gentleman possessing a stud 

 of perhaps half-a-dozen or eight animals will 

 frequently have a larger winning account at the 

 end of the year than an owner of perhaps three 

 times the number, just because he knows better 

 what to do with them, or how to " place " them, 

 so that he may, by winning a few races, earn their 

 keep and pay for the entries made on their behalf. 

 To be able to do so — to "place" one's horses, so 

 that each may be able to win a couple of races in 

 the course of the season — implies a good know- 

 ledge of the business of racing. Men with big studs 

 usually strive to win the larger stakes, but as 

 these stakes are fewer in number and have more 

 numerous competitors, so their chances of success 

 are proportionately lessened ; but when a Cesare- 

 witch, Cambridgeshire, or Manchester Autumn 

 Cup is won, the money gained even in stakes 

 is worth adding to the owner's bank account. 



As has been stated, no race-meeting takes 

 place by accident ; for the so-called " classic races," 

 the entries — an important feature of racing busi- 

 ness — have to be made while the animals are 

 yearlings. In numerous contests, the horses 

 appointed to compete must be named long before 

 the time advertised for bringing off the meeting, 

 so that both owners and trainers require to keep 

 their eyes open and have their wits about them 

 to be able to do the right work at the right time. 

 In several important training stables, there is so 

 much correspondence to be got through, and so 



