MORE RACING 183 



at Aldershot in 1885 he certainly had a good 

 day in the saddle, for on his own horse Cambus 

 he was second to Tommy Hone on Ranger in 

 the Subs Challenge Cup ; third on Lampas to 

 Lady Helen for the Regimental Challenge Cup ; 

 unplaced on Lampas in the Hussars Cup and 

 later in the afternoon on Cambus succeeded in 

 makino- a dead-heat of it with Mr Hone on The 

 Scout in the Welter Cup and the stakes were 

 divided. I wonder did he feel a bigger man that 

 day, or on the day when he realised that the tide 

 of battle had turned for the Allies. 



Besides eood hands a man must have orood 

 "nerve" to become a successful jockey, no matter 

 whether it is on the flat or over jumps. I would 

 define "good nerve" as that "will-power" which 

 keeps the normal balance of the mind. I have 

 heard of good jockeys who have thrown a race 

 away, having been promised a large present in 

 the case of success. I have known men who if 

 they had, say, ;!^50 on their mount became hope- 

 lessly nervous. There was one soldier jockey of 

 his time who had a perfect nerve — Captain Percy 

 Bewicke, late of the 15th Hussars. I have known 

 him to have as much as ;^iooo on his mount and 

 never turn a hair. 



Myttons Maid was a useful soldier's animal I 

 owned, as at two miles one could make pretty 



