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fast, Osborne waited with him for the first mile, and then as 

 he was pulling very hard, he let him go to the front, and was 

 never headed. Saunterer was a very fine stayer and a very 

 hard puller. If Osborne, who generally rode him, could get 

 him to settle down in his gallop, he used always to wait with 

 him at least for a portion of the journey ; but if he found that 

 the horse was irritated by being kept back, he used to let him 

 go to the front and wait there, which is a policy all fine 

 jockeys adopt in similar circumstances. 



If a jockey who has received orders to make use of his 

 horse and not to wait, finds that the pace is made quite strong 

 enough, he will, if he be a good judge, utilise the leader or 

 leaders as pace-makers, and will be ready, when they are 

 beaten, to go to the front, by which time he ought to know 

 the exact state of affairs. If he be incapable in this case of 

 acting up to the spirit, rather than the letter, of his orders, 

 he will probably run his horse to a standstill, from being 

 unable to " let well alone." Anyhow, he should endeavour to 

 judge the pace so that the horse will have enough left in him 

 to make his effort at the finish, in the event of his being 

 collared. When it is probable that there is a good stayer or 

 two in the field, and especially without a pace-maker, it is 

 seldom wise to give orders to make the running, unless the 

 horse is a good stayer and is rather deficient in speed. One 

 of this sort, even when carrying a heavy weight, would, as far 

 as my experience goes, be best suited by the pace being made 

 strong all through. 



A jockey should of course never commit the generally 

 fatal mistake of " making every post a winning post," as 

 appears to have been done with more horses than I would 

 care to particularise. 



When the ground is heavy, it may be good policy for a light 

 weight to make the running, as weight tells far more through 

 " dirt," than when horses can hear their feet rattle. 



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