V 

 JOCKEYS AND JOCKEYSHIP 



BY A JOCKEY 



The great difficulty is getting away — starting 

 — at least it is one of the great difficulties, for I 

 expect I shall find a lot of others later on. If 

 people are used to it perhaps it is a very simple 

 thing to sit down and just talk about a subject 

 they are supposed to know something about, 

 while what they say is taken down in type- 

 writing ; and when I am told that my remarks 

 won't want much putting into shape afterwards, 

 I can only observe that I don't fancy you know ! 

 However, I will do my best for the series, and 

 though I think you might have got someone 

 else to do this much better than I can, that is 

 not my fault. 



Of course, one side of a jockey's life is pleas- 

 ant enough — very pleasant if he is in luck. 

 There is a great satisfaction in winning races : 



