X PREFACE 



the supposition is erroneous ; and that, if a jockey 

 escapes accident and avoids intemperance, his 

 ' wasting ' and other hardships will not, as a rule — 

 though, of course, there may be exceptions — 

 prevent him from attaining, and even exceeding, 

 the average number of years. 



R. B. 



June 8, 1893. 



