THE NOBLE ART OF BACKING WINNERS l6l 



like Sandown, In which latter case I 

 should deem it an advantage having 

 weight forward, but not so round Tatten- 

 ham Corner. It will be remembered that, 

 in riding Asterie second in the Cesare- 

 witch the other day, the mare, after going 

 well at the bushes, seemed to falter 

 coming down the slight gradient known 

 as Bushes Hill, but strode away again 

 with greater freedom up from the Abing- 

 don Mile bottom. Weight forward is 

 sound argument going uphill, but may 

 it not hamper a horse and upset his 

 balance going down one ? That being for 

 ever held back, having to come round 

 beaten horses, and getting shut in, are 

 some of the penalties these always-waiting, 

 flash-finishing crack jockeys have to pay is 

 quite in the order of things, and a policy 

 which merits the reward it often meets. 

 I remember Sims, the darkey jockey, 



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