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or whether he will require to be eased in his pace, 

 or " nursed " for a final effort. There are jockeys 

 who, for sinister purposes, can make a great show 

 of riding power, but who, for all their doing so, 

 " pull " their horse to prevent its being first ; but 

 as a rule the morale of the modern jockey is 

 fairly good. Black sheep are to be found in the 

 [lock, but the great majority of the public horse- 

 men of to-day, notwithstanding what they have in 

 their power, are beyond suspicion. 



