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CHAPTER III. 



RACE RIDING. 



Standing in the Stirrups— Manner of Holding the Reins — How to 

 Handle the Reins — Starting — The different Ways of Riding a 

 Race — Judging Pace — Waiting — Making the Running — Wait- 

 ing in Front — Keeping with one's Horses — General remarks on 

 Race Riding — The Seat when Finishing — Remarks on Finish- 

 ing—On Riding " Rogues " — On Riding Pullers — Orders— On 

 the Use of Spurs during a Race — On the Use of the Whip — 

 Effect of Punishment on Horses. 



If a horse were a mere machine, the jockey's business 

 would be the delightfully simple one of regulating his 

 speed, so that he might gallop over the appointed course 

 in the shortest possible space of time. Horses, however, 

 will not bear being treated in this mechanical manner : 

 they have peculiarities common to their species, as well 

 as racing points, infirmities and tempers of their own, all 

 of which should be taken advantage of, studied and 

 humoured by the rider who strives to be the first to 

 catch the judge's eye. As race riding, then, is not an 

 exact science to which cut-and-dried rules are applicable. 



