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lowed to foiitiniie. the effort of the jockey being, 

 so far as the horse is concerned, alone directed to 

 keeping him steady in his stride, and to steering 

 him into the best available berth without risk of 

 Infringing the rules. 



It is to be feared, amongst the rising generation 

 of jockeys, comparatively little is being done to 

 teach them scientific riding, adopting Sloan's style 

 as a model. What will be the course of things in 

 the future it is impossible to say. 



During the past season, however, I was on the 

 lookout for any newcomer who presented himself, 

 and amongst all the apprentices I only saw one 

 capable of grasping the idea. This appeared to be 

 a very promising youngster, by name J. Forest, 

 said to have been schooled by Brown, who trains 

 somewhere near Royston. The lad was badly 

 mounted; but I was pleased to see he rode exactly 

 to reproduce the correct style. I noticed, too, "the 

 special commissioner" made favorable mention of 

 the lad's riding, so we may hope not only to see 

 him again when there is riding on. but again setting 

 an example on all hands so worthy to be followed. 



