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trainer what he has done, and asks his 

 opinion on the match ; the trainer replies, 

 " I think your hononr has got to wind- 

 ward of the flats,'' or some such vulgar 

 and low-bred ignorant expression ; — al- 

 though this fellow knows that your horse is 

 so bad a racer, . that, provided he be 

 matched (giving weight) against a com- 

 mon post-horse, he will be troubled to beat 

 him. — His interest is not whether you 

 lose, or win, your match ; his interest is, 

 to encourage you to continue on the turf, 

 and to persuade you, that your horses are 

 much better than they really are ; for, if 

 he were honest enough to tell you, that, out 

 of ten horses you had, in your stable, you 

 had Imt one horse which could be called a 

 racer, — then every man, who was not 

 bigoted to his own obstinate follj^ and igno- 

 rance, w^ould send every horse in his stables 

 to the Junniiier, excepting that- one horse, ' 

 to be sold for w hat they would be knoiked 

 dozen at, — But this does not suit or agree 

 with the trainer's interest. He lives by the 

 sieve, and by the sieve only, together with the 

 money you pay for the boys board and lodgings 



