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Jack-saddle. Small saddle ; the saddle which sup- 

 ports the lugs of a harness, and which, with the back-band, or 

 back-strap, is the real keel of the harness. 



Jady. Tired ; worn out ; reduced in condition. 



Jadisli. Said of a horse that is skittish, vicious, tricky. 



Jibbingr* Restiveness ; unsteady. A vice. 



Jimmy. A bad break. 



Jockey. The saddle tree of a harness. 



Jockey. A professional rider of race horses ; often 

 applied, though erroneously, to drivers in harness races. The 

 Turf Congress rules provide that jockeys cannot ride without 

 first having obtained a license, and the requirements governing 

 the issuing and recording of licenses are exceedingly strict. 

 All licenses are for one year, and expire December ol. Fees 

 are regulated by the Congress, [see Fee], and a heavy penalty 

 attaches for receiving or offering fees for riding, in excess of 

 those stipulated by the rules. If a jockey refuses to ride for 

 the fee allowed, he may be fined, suspended or ruled off. If a 

 jockey should own, in whole or in part, a race horse in train- 

 ing, he is not allowed to ride horses other than his own. 



Tliat corporate body of men and boys to whose skill, judgment and 

 honesty is ultimately entrusted the issue of all turf contests, and 

 who are, tiierefore, the arbiters of each racing man's destiny.— The 

 Badminton Library: Racing, The Earl of Suffolk and Berkshire, 

 and W. G. Craven. 

 Jockeying. Trickery; a term applied to any fraudu- 

 lent transaction concerning a race ; deception in recommend- 

 ing or selling a horse. 



Jockey Seat. When he comes to the finish of a race, 

 the jockey sits down to ride his horse just as the cavalry sol- 

 dier should. 



Jockeyship. The science and art of race riding. 

 Jog ; Jog Trot. An idle, listless motion ; a slow trot, 

 in which the space which the body of the horse passes over 

 with its center of gravity unsupported, is very short. 



Jogging. The act of exercising, or working a horse to 

 keep him in condition, or to prepare him for a race. There is 



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