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but a disgrace to the establishment, and not worth 

 taking much trouble about, for trainers of note hold 

 the running for small stakes about on a par with play- 

 ing at chuck-farthing : notwithstanding this, it is far 

 better to play and win at such humble games, than 

 it is to meddle with the more aristocratic one of 

 hazard, and be brought to penury by so doing. The 

 man who quietly trains his own horses and runs 

 them for moderate stakes, is not likely to be led into 

 the fearful habit of betting deeply, the result the 

 most to be feared from a man going on the turf — for 

 in such races as his horses are qualified to run for, 

 there is little betting ; and, further, the stakes he runs 

 for are not of consequence enough to the ring to 

 cause his movements to be watched or his horses 

 hocussed ; the first, the certain consequence of run- 

 ning for great prizes, and the latter the frequent one. 

 The man training his own horses can calculate his 

 expenses to a few pounds, and if he does not bet, he 

 cannot be seriously hurt by what he does, more than 

 by keeping as many hunters as he does race-horses ; 

 in fact, not so much, for the hunter can win him 



