156 SAM DARLING'S REMINISCENCES 



to winning the big treble on Galtee More, 

 but in the case of Ard Patrick, who had 

 been disqualified for bumping Fowling Piece 

 when ridden by Morny Cannon, I put up the 

 American jockey, J. H. Martin, for the Derby, 

 and the horse ran home with him as straight as 

 a line, winning very easily. 



I have been asked for my views on the past and 

 present-day jockeys, and their style of riding. 



When Sloan first rode at Newmarket, a member 



of the Jockey Club asked me my opinion of the 



American seat. I at once related to 

 American 



style and him what the late Lord William Beres- 

 ford told me of the results of his trials 

 over five furlongs from the two styles of riding, 

 viz. the American seat and the English seat. The 

 American had the advantage from 3 to 7 lbs. I 

 felt sure then that these results were right, but 

 only on free horses that take hold of their bit 

 and run their races through in their jockeys' 

 hands. 



When Sloan started riding here he made the 

 pace so hot, our jockeys thought he would come 

 back to them, but to their cost they found he 

 did not. 



His excellent judgment of pace- making was no 

 doubt gained by riding so much single-handed to 

 the clock on the tracks in America. 



