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beaten by stable-boys, and I draw attention to it. And 

 I think it will be conceded that jockeys are not always 

 infallible, or make the most of their horses by superior 

 jockeyship, or stable-boys always to be condemned for 

 want of skill when they lose against more fashionable 

 men; but that both at times ride well, and both at times 

 ride badly. 



In conclusion, I may point to the fact that Hermit, 

 Cossack, and C other stone were all beaten as two-year-olds 

 with first-class men up. The last of the three was not 

 placed in the Criterion, but the next year, 1843, won the 

 Derby, and ran second to Nutwith in the St. Leger, 

 making about 3 st. improvement on his two-year-old form. 

 Cossack was beaten as a two-year-old, and yet the next 

 year, 1847, won the Derby, and ran second to Van Tromp 

 for the St. Leger. Hermit, who was beaten at New- 

 market and Epsom as a two-year-old, won the Derby in 

 1867, and ran second to Achievement for the St. Leger. 

 It will be noticed, as a coincidence, that all these three 

 good horses and Derby winners ran second in the St. 

 Leger, and lost the first race for which they started. 

 After such in-and-out running in the hands of eminent 

 jockeys, and the accurate results, such as those which I 

 have described, obtained with stable-boys up, who shall 

 confidently say that the one class of rider is more to be 

 relied upon than the other ? 



