THE TURF. 
tall for a jockey, and not a good waster. In fact, he has 
been subject to much punishment to get to the Derby 
weight. Samuel does not ride often ; but whenever he 
does, his horse rises in the market, as was the case 
with his father before him at one period of his life. 
Some anecdotes are related of Chifney, confirming 
his great coolness in a race, and among others the 
following : Observing a young jockey (a son of the 
celebrated Clift) making very much too free with his 
horse, he addressed him thus : " Where are you going, 
boy ? Stay with me, and you 'U be second" The boy 
drew back his horse, and a fine race ensued, but when 
it came to a struggle we need not say who won it. 
Chifney's method of finishing his race is the general 
theme of admiration on the turf. " Suppose," says he, 
" a man had been carrying a stone, too heavy to be 
pleasant, in one hand, would he not find much ease 
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 required," he 
adds, " to preserve a due equilibrium, so as not to 
disturb the action of a tired horse." Without doubt, 
this celebrated 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 training-groom, 
is a jockey of the highest celebrity, and, as far as the 
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