THE TURF. 
induced to call him whether to self-interest or to 
gratitude, to love or to fear, or to that unspeakable 
magic power which the Almighty has given to the eye 
and voice of even the child of man ? 
Precocity of intellect in a stunted frame is the grand 
desideratum in a Newmarket nursery, where chubby 
cheeks and the "fine boy for his age" would be 
reckoned deformities. There are some good specimens 
of the pigmy breed now at Newmarket ; John Day, 
for instance, has produced a fac-simile of himself, cast 
in the exact mould for the saddle, and who can ride 
about four stone. These feather-weights are absolutely 
necessary where two-year colts are brought to the post, 
and they sometimes ride a winning race ; though if 
it comes to a struggle, as the term is, they are almost 
certain to be defeated by the experienced jockey. But, 
speaking seriously, it is a great blessing to the rider 
of races to be of a diminutive size, to prevent the 
hardship and inconvenience of wasting a most severe 
tax on the constitution and temper. On this subject 
the following memorandum of some questions addressed 
by Sir John Sinclair to the late Mr. Sandiver, an 
eminent surgeon, long resident at Newmarket, and a 
pretty constant spectator of the races, with Mr. S.'s 
answers, may amuse our readers. 
" How long does the training of jockeys generally 
continue ? With those in high repute, from about 
three weeks before Easter to the end of October ; but 
a week or ten days are quite sufficient for a rider to 
