THE CROUCHING SEAT. 



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experienced Newmarket trainer, who, when the owner asked 

 him to whom he should give a mount in a race for a good 

 stake : " Oh, sir, put up Archer. He packs himself up so, 

 that I believe he rides seven pounds lighter than his real 

 weight." The owner did, and Archer won. Up to the 



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Fig. 243. The American Seat. 

 Tod Sloan on Caiman. 



[W. W. ROUGH & Co. 



arrival of Simms in ] 895, followed by Sloan in 1897, all our 

 modern jockeys rode with their stirrup leathers at the 

 usual length. To obtain full benefit from this seat in 

 bringing the weight forward, the jockey has to shorten 

 his stirrups, so that his knees will be almost on a level 

 with the withers of his mount, by doing which he will 



