142 HINTS TO HORSEMEN ; OK, 



Now, on the other hand, there are men who, if 

 their taste lay that way, may indulge it in racing 

 not only with impunity, but profit. We will sup- 

 pose a man to live on, or close by, Salisbury Plain, 

 and has seen enough of racing and race-horses to be 

 able to train his own, and has judgment and pru- 

 dence enough to enter his horses for such stakes as 

 they are likely to win a fair share of; I should to him 

 say, indulge your propensity by all means, for he 

 would do it under circumstances that make it quite 

 probable he may gain by it, and must be most unfor- 

 tunate if he lost money by it. We know that a race- 

 horse costs very little more in keep in your own 

 stable than a hunter — perhaps thii-ty pounds a year 

 is as much as his keep costs ; it is true, he will want 

 a lad for himself exclusively, but we have seventy 

 pounds saved from the charge of a public training- 

 stable to do this with ; so setting the expense of the 

 boy at thirty pounds a year, we save forty by keep- 

 ing the horse at home. Whether he will be as well 

 trained as if under a public trainer, depends on the 

 qualification of his owner for the task he undertakes. 



