A QUIET SPOT RECOMMENDED. 63 
As a matter of fact, there are merchant princes, both of 
the city and provinces, who dare not see their own horses 
except on the race-course or on Sunday for fear of being 
recognised ; a disability that debars many others from joining 
in the sport. The late Mr. Graham, the noted distiller, who 
raced in princely style, was driven from the turf, thus losing the 
only pleasure of his life in the way of sport, by the annoyance 
of the attention of would-be friends and the intrusion of touts. 
As for the latter merciless and wretched spies, many suffer 
persecution at their hands; for when they assemble in large 
numbers it is not easy either to control or avoid them. 
But if your ground be in such a spot as I have recommended, 
you may and can prevent the appearance of these unwelcome 
visitors ; a fact, if generally known, that might not only prevent 
secessions from the turf, but induce many gentlemen to keep 
racehorses who never owned one before. 
It is not as though this immunity from espionage were 
restricted to one or two places. Hundreds of spots, equilly 
undisturbed, could be found, which at a small outlay might be 
adapted for training grounds equal to any in the kingdum. 
There is no need to rush into the enemy’s camp. As it is, 
owners more frequently go to the tout than the tout to them, 
Indeed the rendezvous of this gentry are well known. There- 
fore avoid them and train in a place “exempt from 
public haunt,” where by yourself, or with invited -guests you 
may have the pleasure of watching your horses gallop, when 
and as often as you please, without dread of the incursion of 
the arch-enemy of all racing. 
I will give an instance of what was once accomplished here 
at Woodyates, which I venture to say could not have been 
achieved at any resort of the tout, although I do not doubt 
that others who train in quiet spots could record similar doings. 
