124 ON AND OPE THE TUliF. 



Jockej'S are not allowed to bet, but they do 

 bet, and lieavily sometimes. It is a bad system, 

 but it will never be avoided so long as a jockey 

 cannot make a good income from riding fees alone. 

 I have known of jockeys standing to win large 

 stakes on races. They have told me the amount 

 on several occasions. 



It is a pernicious practice for an owner to put 

 a jockey up and give him orders not to win, and 

 yet this is done by men who ought to know 

 better. 



I once asked a popular jockey why he did not 

 decline to ride a horse when he was given orders 

 not to win. 



*' If I did I should never get another mount 

 from him,'' he answered, naming a well-known 

 owner. '^Not only that, but he would influence 

 other owners against me." 



Another jockey was '^ sent up '' for a time for 

 riding what is called a " stiff 'un.'' This jockey 

 said to me after the stewards had given their 

 decision : 



''I did not want to ride the horse at all, I 

 knew if he didn't win I should be sent for. Mr. 



has had a dead set against me ever since I 



WON on his horse at " 



The particular win in question was on a horse 

 that went out unbacked by the stable and simply 



