PUNISHMENT. 409 



and that he should be most particular not to " squeeze " one 

 which has any suspicion of jadiness. Though it is too much 

 to expect that a jockey should take a sentimental view of 

 punishment ; he ought to regard the interests of his em- 

 ployer, within honourable limits, and should be averse from 

 ruining the noble animal by whose exertions he earns his 

 bread. The most forcible argument I can use against 

 punishment is that, in the large majority of cases, it defeats 

 its own object. 



