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by shifting it into the other? Thus, after 

 a jockey has been riding over his horse's 

 fore-legs for a couple of miles, must it not 

 be a great relief to him when he sits back 

 in his saddle, and, as it were, divides the 

 weight more equally? But caution is re- 

 quired/ he adds, 'to preserve a due equili- 

 brium, so as not to disturb the action of 

 a tired horse. 7 Without doubt, this cele- 

 brated performer imbibed many excellent 

 lessons from his father, but he has been 

 considered the more powerful jockey of the 

 two. 



James Robinson, also the son of a train- 

 ing groom, is a jockey of the highest cele- 

 brity, and, as far as the art of horsemanship 

 extends, considered the safest rider of a 

 race of the present day. He may owe 

 much of his celebrity to his having, when 

 a boy, had the advantage of being in the 

 stables of Mr. Robson, the chief of the 

 Newmarket trainers, and riding many of 

 the trials of his extensive and prosperous 

 studs. When we state that such a rider 

 as Robinson is considered equal to the 

 allowance of three pounds weight to his 

 horse, we can account for his having been 



