i82 KINGSCLERE 



' In the year 1856, when the weights were low, 

 we had the following jockeys to choose from : 

 Alfred Day, J. Bartholomew, J. Marson, S. Rogers, 

 N. Flatman, J. Charlton, J. Osborne, J. Wells, 

 T. Ashmall, T. Aldcroft, T. Chaloner, G. Fordham, 

 A. Edwards, Custance, Luke Snowden, J. Snowden, 

 J. Mann, French, Kendall, J. Goater, J. Adams, 

 Quinton, Plumb, Bullock, Withington, Basham, 

 R. Sly, and T. Cliff. 



'For the year 1896, now that the weights are 

 much higher, what jockeys shall we have ? Com- 

 pare them with the above. Have they (with some 

 exceptions) the same patience and judgment ? I 

 think emphatically, No! The cause is not far to 

 seek. It is the innumerable five-furlongs of the 

 present day that tend to spoil so many jockeys. 

 Instead of raising the weights, the reform I would 

 advocate is the lengthening of courses. We should 

 then see less of the butcher-boy style of riding 

 amongst the jockeys, and fewer rogues and cowards 

 amongst the horses. 



4 To sum up and at the same time give expression 

 to my matured views of the questions discussed in 

 the foregoing pages, I may first of all frankly 

 acknowledge that since giving evidence before the 

 Royal Commission I have to some extent modified, 

 without essentially changing, my opinions with 

 regard to early foaling. I have in the meantime 

 threshed out the question with breeders, trainers, 

 owners, and others interested in the subject, and I 

 admit that possibly the change which I contended 



