GENERAL REMARKS. 389 



tionally sacrifices his own chance in order to secure the defeat 

 of an opponent. If a man finds that this " little game is being 

 tried on " him, he should get in the track of one of the 

 leaders, if there be any in front, so that his horse, seeing 

 another directly before him, may not pull over much or break 

 away ; or he might drop a little back. 



During a race, a jockey should not try to pass any horse 

 which is going as well and as strong as his own. As a rule, 

 he ought to wait, or, as jockeys call it, ''suffer," until the 

 other begins to give way, when he may then draw up and take 

 his place. I cannot too forcibly express the necessity of 

 patience. 



When a jockey finds that his horse can go no faster than he 

 is galloping at the time being, he should almost invariably 

 take a pull at him, if only for half-a-dozen strides, in order to 

 give him a chance of " coming again," which he could not 

 do were he not eased off for a moment. Exceptions to this 

 would be, when the jockey is close to the winning-post, has 

 the lead, and finds he can keep it ; and when his horse is one 

 of -the jady kind which will not stand their mouths being 

 touched. 



If a jockey, who has waiting orders, finds that all the others 

 are acting as if they had similar instructions, he should try to 

 avoid " getting the slip " from any of them. This manoeuvre 

 is carried out, when they are going slow, by a rider catching 

 his horse by the head and sending him, it may be, five or six 

 lengths in advance of his field, before the other jockeys are 

 aware of his intention. Having gained this start he should 

 continue to go strong, and either make play all through, or let 

 the others gradually catch him, while they are all going fast, 

 so that he may have a bit in hand when it comes to a finish. 

 These lengths, gained thus with but trifling exertion, when 

 the pace was bad, may be worth a good deal of weight before 

 the winning-post is passed. It is evident that it is no use 



