122 THE RACING WORLD 



I have read of the famous owner, Lord 

 Exeter I think it was, who thought there was 

 not 31b. between the best jockey and a stable 

 boy ; but if there wasn't a lot in jockeyship 

 there would be a lot more jockeys. You see 

 the same few coming to the front year after 

 year, and that must be significant, don't you 

 think ? These few get the best of the riding, 

 as a rule, no doubt ; but they are all sure to be 

 connected with stables that turn out bad horses 

 as well as good ones, that perhaps have very 

 few good ones some years, and something often 

 goes wrong with the few : the stable is out of 

 form and can't win anything. 



As to the advice I should give to a young 

 jockey, I think I should want to see how he 

 framed ; much would depend upon that. It 

 used to be impressed upon me not to be in 

 too great a hurry to get home. The winning- 

 post is generally a good deal farther off than the 

 young jockey thinks, and he is apt to try to 

 reach it too soon ; but this advice would have 

 to be understood. There is not much time to 

 linger about in a race ; and if some races are 

 thrown away because jockeys come too soon, it 

 is quite easy to lose one by coming too late. 

 One thing I should advise him is never to try 



