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confidence of the rider of the leading horse, who, when 

 winning easily, has tried to make a race of it for "the 

 gallery," or has been cajoled into slackening his speed 

 by one of the other jockeys, and has then been unable 

 to make an effort in time when required to do so. 



As a last piece of advice, I would recommend the 

 tyro never to be too anxious " to get home," and never 

 " to draw it too fine." 



On Riding Rogues. — As the generality of ** rogues " 

 will run kindly enough, until they are pressed or hustled, 

 a jockey when riding one of this sort should, as a rule, 

 make the running, or at least keep with the leaders, 

 and, if he finds that he is winning easily at the finish, he 

 should, on no account, take a pull, or allow any of the 

 others, if he can help it, to close up on him, for many 

 rogues will either not try a yard, or win by " the length 

 of a street." The jockey should sit still, ride as quietly 

 as possible, and should do all he can to persuade the 

 jady one that he is running away. It often happens 

 that the more the rider pulls, the faster will the 

 "rogue" go. The jockey should allow him to make 

 his own running and effort while interfering with him 

 as little as possible. Horses learn so quickly what a 

 race means, that I believe better results than we often 



