596 HISTORY OF THE 



' shaking him,' as it is called ; and although he 

 do€S not quite slacken his reins, he allows him to 

 reach with his head, as a distressed horse always 

 will do, and which is technically termed ' throw- 

 ing him in." Then comes the last resource. If 

 he finds, when within a few yards of home, that 

 he cannot win by these means, and that his horse 

 appears to sink in the rally, he stabs him a few 

 times with his spurs, gets his whip up in his right 

 hand, gives a good pull with his left, and uses it 

 as occasion may require." 



Although there are some cases in which the 

 natural lightness of the jockey renders severe exer- 

 cise and abstemiousness unnecessary, the life of 

 a jockey, generally speaking, is far from being a 

 pleasant one ; as, in addition to the fatigue and 

 danger of riding races, and performing frequent 

 and long journeys, often at a moment's notice, *" 



regular action on one side, let the reader place himself upon a chair, 

 lift his feet from the ground, and keeping the left arm perfectly still, 

 let him wind the right forcibly, as if flourishing a whip : so 

 doing, he will find that a hurtful jar will be given to his whole frame. 

 On the contrary, let him, in such a position, work both arms simul- 

 taneously, and his body will remain perfectly steady." 



* The following may be mentioned as instances of the quick move- 

 ments jockies are frequently obliged to make in the exercise of their 

 caUing. 



On Wednesday the 5th of September, 1764, Joseph Rose rode 

 Mr. Stapleton's Beaufremont by Tartar, against Vizier for the Ladies* 

 plate, at Lincoln ; on the day after, he rode Young Davy by Scamp- 

 ston Cade, at Richmond ; and on Friday, the 7th, he rode Bachelor 

 by Young Cade, at Manchester. The distance from Lincoln to Rich- 



