380 TRAINERS AND JOCKEYS. 



effect in irivino; him a ffood night's rest, free from 

 pain.' The original letter may be seen in the 

 British Museum, with a translation of the ' Odyssey ' 

 on the back of it. 



I will not say more on this subject. I must trust 

 to having been explicit in stating my theory. I will 

 revert, in conclusion, to the difference between the 

 jockey and trainer of to-day and their predecessors. 

 But first a well-deserved compliment must be paid to 

 the owners of racehorses, not only for their urbanity 

 of manner, but for their discreet and disinterested 

 conduct in leaving to the jockeys the sole manage- 

 ment of their horses. Indeed, I think all jockeys 

 should be trainers. Owners of horses now rightly 

 and unmistakably express their entire satisfaction 

 with their jockeys, and their sincere admiration for 

 them. Social distinction, however great, nowadays 

 forms no barrier against intimate acquaintanceship. 

 Even friendship, often most hastily formed, is known 

 to exist between the two, for a time. With them 

 ' familiarity breeds no contempt.' Gentlemen seldom 

 attempt to admonish even in the mildest terms under 

 any provocation, serviceable as advice so given would 

 often be, for fear of repeating the fiasco by which a 

 nobleman was deprived of the valuable services of a 

 jockey for ever. It came about through his folly in 

 injudiciously asking him why he did not attend 

 to ride one of his horses the week before. The 

 matter, report has it, was taken before the authorities, 



