62 EVERY MAN HIS OWN TRAINER. 



turn would not be before eleven or twelve o'clock, the horse 

 would have to go hungry all that time. The horse is blamed 

 for not doing well, when really the trainer is the one that is 

 to blame for not attending to his own business, as everybody 

 knows that no business will run itself or be a success en- 

 trusted wholly to hired help. Many a good horse has been 

 ruined by neglecting to properly cool out after a hard race or 

 a stiff repeat, when if he was properly cooled out and cared 

 for the work or race would do him good instead of an injury-. 

 It requires a great amount of care and attention to cool a 

 horse out properly, especially towards night, after strong 

 work. Many times more harm can be done in five minutes 

 than can be overcome in weeks by the grooms stopping and 

 talking together, the horses being in a draft, not properly 

 clothed or kept out too long, when he should be in a stable, 

 it being a cold day or evening. 



Many of these things are done which would not happen 

 if the trainer would, stop near his horses where his eyes can 

 be on his help and horses. There is nothing that I enjoy 

 more than to be around the stable to see that my horses are 

 walked, watered, and fed properly and on time ; then I can 

 judge whether they are fit to work and how much they are 

 able to stand, as the rule applies to a horse as well as man — 

 if he can't eat, he can't work. • This don't apply to all men 

 who care for horses, as there is many bright, trustworthy men 

 in the business. Their horse is their life, if either has to be 

 neglected it is themselves, and in many cases they know moi'e 

 about a horse than a trainer. There is many a man training 

 horses that is not fit to train pigs. The horse they are work- 

 ing knows more than they do, and if he could speak would 

 say, "You fool, what are you trying to do with me ?" We 

 see it every day, and I at times turn and walk away from such 

 exhibitions, where it is none of my business, but it makes my 

 blood boil to see the abuse of that noble animal. Many men 

 are only capable of getting in a sulky and driving a horse a 

 fast mile or two, and- they can really do that well, but don't 



