WAITING. 



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riding to win, once told me that he learned to appreciate the 

 advantages of waiting, from observing the manner in which 

 horses that made the running " came back " to him, when he 

 was on animals which had no chance, and of which he did not 

 make very much " use." 



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Fig. 247. The English Seat. 

 J. Watts on Ladas. 



[CLARENCE HAILEY. 



If the orders be to wait, they should not be carried out, as 

 is sometimes done, by losing the start, or by pulling the horse 

 out of his stride, in order to get him behind at all hazards. A 

 jockey with waiting orders should, on the contrary, get away 

 as well as possible, and should settle down as soon as he can 



