XVI.— RIDING FEES 



The public have an idea that jockeys earn large 

 sums of money as a matter of course, but readers 

 have never had as yet the jockey's point of view 

 properly presented for their edification. There 

 is a great deal of gilt to come off the gingerbread. 

 All is not gold that glitters on the surface ; few 

 monster nuggets are found beneath. In the case 

 of some eminent flat -race jockeys, wealth has 

 rewarded their efforts in the pigskin ; they have 

 made a comfortable fortune ; they have been 

 careful, frugal, industrious, and their investments 

 have been judicious. At the top of the tree in 

 their profession, they were entitled surely to 

 expect an adequate remuneration. Coming to 

 consider the rank and file, however, we do not 

 find such gorgeous emoluments. The amount of 

 income is moderate, and expenses are heavy. 

 Dreams of avarice are more appropriately in- 

 dulged in other arenas. 



Let me pose (with pleasure) as what may 

 be termed without irreverence the "dreadful 



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