RACE-RIDING. SOI 



and girth,"" as the term is, with the leading horse, 

 and then lets loose, and wins, if he can. 



The Mile Race. Orders, '' To waiC The jockey 

 may start last of all if he like, but he must not 

 lose much ground. However good judge a jockey 

 may be of pace, it is a fault to lie far out of his 

 ground. Let him then also lie well with his horses 

 all the way, creeping up to them by degrees, and 

 not quit them to win till he feels certain he has 

 the race in his hand — that is, till he sees that the 

 other horses have overmarked themselves by the 

 pace. His orders to wait have been given him 

 from the supposition or knowledge that speed, not 

 stoutness, is the best of his horse, and, consequently, 

 that if he had made the running or " play," he 

 would not have run home. 



The Two-mile Race. Orders, " To make run- 

 ning.'''' Nothing, next to the struggle of the few 

 last yards between two horses very nearly equal, 

 called on the Turf, " the set-to," is so difficult in 

 racing horsemanship, as making running or " play" 

 by a jockey, solely for the benefit of the horse he 

 himself is riding. In other words, it is a great 

 accomplishment in a jockey to be a superior judge 

 oipace — that is, of not merely the pace he himself 

 is going, but how that pace affects the other horses 

 in the race. And this task is more difficult with 

 some horses than with others, and especially with 

 idle or lurching horses, which, when leading, re- 

 quire urging by the hand or leg every yard they 

 go. In this case, the jockey works hard to keep 

 his horse going. He has to use his hands, arms, 



