CHAPTER XXL 



TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS A COMPARISON OF THE OLD 



AND THE NEW. 



Change inevitable — The new school— Advantage taken of im- 

 proved educational facilities — Improved social position — 

 Imitation in amaranthine pleasures of their betters — Travelled 

 experiences — ' The seahorse ' — Increased duties — Rapid ad- 

 vance from stable-boy to trainer — ' Success is genius ' — Changed 

 habits — Greater care of health— Relaxations — Absurdity of 

 early rising — Advantage of the jockey's control of horses — 

 Legitimate gains from stable secrets — Trainers properly set 

 right in trials — Marvellous horsemanship — Carping owners 

 — Improved habits — The whole secret of training revealed by 

 a light-weight jockey. 



The modern stable — Added cares of the trainer — His needed 

 absence safe-guarded — The vet. and the head-lad in sickness 

 ■ — Condition balls and others — Flowers supersede the dung- 

 pit — Improvement in food and drink — Suggested additions 

 — Clemency of jockeys towards owners — Apology for treating 

 the subject. 



' It has,' says Pope, ' been long, my dear country- 

 men, the subject of my concern and surprise that 

 whereas numberless poets, critics, and orators have 

 compiled and digested the art of ancient poesy, there 

 has not risen amoug us one person so public- spirited 



