]6S JOCKEYS. 



CHAPTER XVIII. 

 JOCKEYS {contiimed). 



E.xamples of the diverse running of horses when ridden by boys and by men : 

 Frdnlein, Valuer, Dulcamara, and Noisy — Disastrous results of putting up 

 boys — Recalcitrant jockeys — Declarations to win: instances of disobedience ; 

 at Shrewsbury ; The Cur and Collingwood and Mr. Rolt's retirement ; Mr. 

 J. B. Starkey's disappointment with Viridis and Land Tax ; the Duke of 

 Hamilton's better fortune with Lollipop and Midlothian ; copy of letter to 

 Sporting Gazette on the Wrekin Nursery at Shrewsbury, with suggestions. 



I WILL now give a io.^^ instances of horses running with 

 boys on their backs, and compare the running of the same 

 animals with men in the saddle. 



Frdulein, running at Goodwood in the Steward's Cup, with 

 six stone four pounds on her, was not placed ; but running after- 

 wards for the Doncaster Cup, beat Marie Stuart, and won other 

 races at other places in the hands of men, showing about 

 three stone improvement. Again, we see at the same meeting 

 (Goodwood) that Valuer, running with six stone four pounds 

 on his back, was not one of the first twenty ; and yet he was 

 always better than Historian at even weights. He ran no better 

 at Newmarket with similar weights the same year, which was 

 some twenty-eight pounds worse than his real form — a fact that 

 was afterwards publicly proved by the many races he won 

 when carrying two stone more in much the same company. 



Again, I think I make no mistake in attributing the 

 defeats for the Chester Cuj^ of Dulcaviai'a and Noisy (the two 

 best horses that, in my opinion, I ever tried) solely to the 



