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his style chiefly on Sam Chifney, for Buckle, 

 Eobinson declared, " hadn't Sam's fiddling," and 

 a critic continues that " Sam's fingers on the 

 reins, when a horse had a delicate mouth, went 

 like the feet of a dancer on the tight-rope." 

 But some of Eobinson's own successes were 

 astonishing enough, notably one contest in which 

 the rider of the second fancied that he had the 

 race in hand and firmly believed that he had 

 actually been successful. Two strides before 

 the post Eobinson's antagonist was well ahead, 

 and two strides beyond the post he was leading, 

 but at that precise monent, when they flashed 

 past the judge's box, Eobinson won the race. 

 This excellent jockey won the Derby six times, 

 the Oaks and St. Leger both twice ; but the 

 St. Leger jockey par excellence was William 

 Scott, a younger brother of John Scott the 

 trainer, to whom nine victories on the Town 

 Moor are credited. 



Among the qualifications for success in this 

 calling, a profound knowledge of the horse is 

 naturally prominent, and this has not often been 

 more marvellously displayed than by Harry 

 Edwards in the case of Don John's last race. 

 Lord Chesterfield and his trainer, John Scott, 

 debated much whether it would be advisable 

 to start the horse, and, "The Druid" says, 



