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large sum of money on the event, and has now a string 
of horses in training ; and rode a capital race at Stock- 
bridge in the present year. 
It is said of the Yorkshire jockeys, that they should 
come to Newmarket for a seat. It is true they do not 
appear to such advantage in the saddle as their brethren 
of the south, nor, speaking generally, are they equal to 
them in their calling ; but many very excellent jockeys 
have always been to be found in the north. At the 
head of those now alive is the noted Billy Pierse, who 
used to ride Haphazard for the Duke of Cleveland. 
Having feathered his nest well, he has retired, but is 
remarkable for the hospitality of his house, situated in 
the town of Richmond. Robert Johnson is likewise 
one of the oldest, best, and we may add, most suc- 
cessful of the northern jockeys, having ridden Doctor 
Syntax throughout his glorious career, and been four 
times winner of the St. Leger stakes ; but John 
Jackson eclipsed him, having experienced that honour 
no less than as often again a circumstance unparalleled 
among jockeys ; and he very nearly won it a ninth 
time, on Blacklock. Johnson trained and rode Gal- 
lopade for Mr. Riddell, the winner of the Doncaster 
cup. John Shepherd, an old jockey, is still alive, 
keeping a public-house at Malton. Shepherd was 
supposed to be the best judge of pace in a four-mile 
race of any man of his time. We are sorry to hear that 
John Mangle, another eminent Yorkshire jockey, is 
blind. He won the St. Leger five times ; three in 
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