CHAPTEK XIX 



Jockeys — The American Invasion — The poet's mistake — 

 Americans in 1857 — Mr. Ten Broeck and English jockeys — 

 The two sides of the shield — The causes of our decay — 

 Apathy of trainers — Disinclination of owners— A " corner " 

 in jockeys — The "little boy" bogey — What about Johnny 

 Reiff ? — Why he is an exception — A Gilbertian travesty — A 

 plea for a lower scale — Some Chester Cup examples — Strik- 

 ing figures — The easiest proves the hardest way — Why 

 trainers are negligent — Thomas Dawson — Old John Osborne 

 — J. Godding — Matthew Dawson — Why I put up Morris — 

 Admiral Rous's comment — " My boys " — Heartfield, Morris, 

 Quince, &c. — Confirmation by Custance — The good the Ameri- 

 cans have effected — Mr. Greville's indignation at an attempt to 

 ruin his jockey — The striking case of Herbert Jones — W. E. 

 Elsey's wisdom — Inimical surroundings for boys — E. Hunt's 

 Cup successes — What they brought him — Jockeys' fees pro- 

 tected — Mr. W. G. Craven's wise legislation — What will be 

 the end ? 



Had anybody, some ten or so years ago, dared to 

 hint that the first season of the twentieth century 

 would see American jockeys in such demand in 

 England as by their presence to be a serious danger 

 to the livelihood of many of the home school, his 

 alleged foolishness would have been held a fit matter 

 for ridicule. Yet the apparently impossible change 

 has come to pass, and there are no signs of any 



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