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HOW THE TRAINER COMES TO BE BLAMED, 209 
CHAPTER XXI. 
PROFESSIONAL HARDSHIPS. 
Assumed incapability of trainers : how originated ; public slanders ; officious inter- 
ference of friends—The result, removal of horses ; instances from my own 
experience—The advice of the friend and of the trainer contrasted—Eccentric 
owners and their doings—Influence of servants instanced in the case of Lord 
Palmerston’s stud—Payment of training accounts: hardships of deferred pay- 
ments shown in diverse instances ; the credit system and the bill discounter ; 
examples of liberality, and in my own experience—Unexplained removal of 
horses: its prejudice to the trainer; instance of Lord George Bentinck at 
Danebury ; other instances at Woodyates; arguments in support of the 
trainer’s right to an explanation—Groundless complaints against trainers and 
jockeys ; illustrated in two instances—Why trainers and jockeys are poor— 
Mr. Chifney and Mr. Ridsdale—The discussion of the subject justified. 
IN the account that has been given of the process of 
training the racehorse, it will be seen that the life of 
the trainer has its full share of responsibility, cares, and 
difficulties. But there are other anxieties which, in truth, 
may not unfairly be termed hardships, that deserve some 
notice. J am naturally diffident in introducing the topic, 
because it is of a somewhat personal nature. But as the 
existence of evils harmful to every one connected with a 
racing-stable (whether as owner, trainer, or jockey) is due 
I cannot doubt in most instances to ignorance of the facts 
or to thoughtlessness, a few words on the subject will be 
received, I must hope, in the spirit in which they are 
offered. 
