JUDGES AND JUDGING 133 



1 Mr. Luscombe 



4 Mr. Whitney . 



21 Mr. Musker . 



16 Mr. Rose (4) . 



14 Lord Penrhyn . 



Mauve, straw sleeves, black cap. 

 Light blue, brown cap. 

 Light blue, violet sleeves, grey cap. 

 Blue, black sleeves, red cap. 

 Black and white stripes, red sleeves 

 and cap. 



Head and one length. 



The numbers, it will be understood, are those on 

 the card, and being seated in the weighing-room 

 while the jockeys are passing the scale impresses 

 the colours on one's mind. Equipped with the 

 book I then go to my box and see the horses 

 canter to the post, in order to grow still more 

 familiar with them — it is perhaps needless to add 

 that if jockeys are carrying wrong colours, dis- 

 tinguishing caps, or if any deviation has been made 

 from the colours printed on the card, a special 

 note records the circumstance. Years ago there 

 were fewer owners, and one became accustomed to 

 their jackets ; of late years the Turf has gained 

 many recruits, and a judge must necessarily be 

 familiar with all alike. 



Then I wait till the signal is given that the field 

 is off — everyone who goes racing knows the sound 

 and movement that proclaim the start. Bells, and 

 occasionally bugles, have long been used to 

 announce the fall of the flag, or of late the raising 

 of the barrier ; Newmarket, last of all, followed 



