322 RACECOURSE AND COVERT SFDE. 



— called forth. Ninety-nine jockeys in a hundred 

 would have lost their heads and flurried their 

 horses, but this admirable rider knew the powers 

 of the animal he bestrode, and waited till the 

 others " came back to him ; " one after another 

 he passed, stole steadily but surely to the front, 

 caught Queen Bertha, the Oaks winner of the 

 year in the last few strides, and victoriously 

 landed the brown and silver braid. 



Snowden is another familiar Northern name, 

 and James Snowden is an accomplished horse- 

 man. Lasting fame belongs to the rider who 

 piloted the mighty Blair Athol home in the 

 Derby and St. Leger of 1864, though in truth 

 the jockey here had little to do but sit still, 

 restrain the sweeping stride of the grand chestnut 

 son of Stockwell, and let go his head when the 

 post was nearly reached. 



James Goater has ridden so many fine races 

 in his time that he should not be omitted, 

 though he has no longer the energy and vigour 

 of a young man, and comes so slowly " from the 

 slips," that it does not encourage men who back 

 horses to find him on the saddle for a five furlong 

 race. 



The two best lightweights of the day are S. 

 Loates and E. Martin, both lads with old heads 

 on young shoulders. The former, an apprentice 



