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him what he has to carry. Another thing that owner or trainer 

 will impress upon the jockey is the way in which the horse 

 is to be ridden, and to these instructions the utmost attention 

 must be paid. A certain amount of discretion is of course 

 to be employed, because no one can foresee the events of 

 a race. Thus if the trainer says, ' Lay well up with the 

 leader,' supposing that some animal will make a decent pace, it 

 may chance that a boy's horse will get out of hand, and in 

 such a case our jockey would not race with the runaway. It 

 might on the other hand be advisable in a very slow run race 

 to go to the front earlier than the period indicated by the 

 orders. * Why don't they go along ? ' is not seldom the dis- 

 tressful cry of the owner of some good stayer in a long distance 

 race when the field are muddling about, and he knows that if 

 they simply canter something will beat him for speed in the last 

 two or three furlongs. To make running is known to be as a 

 rule to a horse's detriment. He goes with more ease and freedom 

 if he has 'something to bring him along,' but the question often 

 arises whether the rider should not go to the front in order to 

 make use of a horse's fine staying powers, and it is therefore 

 essential that the jockey should be a judge of pace and should 

 act upon his judgment. 



In recent races for the Goodwood Stakes it has twice 

 happened or so at least there is excellent reason to suppose 

 that a false run race has led to a false result. In one case 

 a mare that was a fine stayer was kept back behind an animal 

 that was making the running at a slow canter. When half the 

 distance was covered the mare's owner put down his race- 

 glasses, and in a tone of resignation observed that his chance, 

 which had been of the best, was hopelessly destroyed. In the 

 other case the mare deputed to make the running did so in 

 irreproachable style, but a favourite, that ought to have won 

 without difficulty, laid far out of his ground till it was too late 

 to get up, made a tardy effort, and was beaten a neck, the owner 

 of the winner, never for a moment believing he had a hundred 

 to one chance, having backed the second to win a good stake. 



