DERBY AND OTHER JOCKEYS. 8? 



middle age of the Derby was J. Robinson, who won 

 the race five times, and brought oil", for a wager, his 

 great triple event of winning the Derby, the Oaks, and 

 ffettintj married, all in the same week. He was of 

 great respectability ; and there are turfmen living who 

 can recount the dexterity he displayed in the saddle 

 near the end of a race, when, with a mighty rush, he 

 came to snatch a victory just at the winning-post. 

 Other horsemen mio'ht be mentioned, men of renown 



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in the saddle, who won the Derby : Chappie, Flatman, 

 and Marson, as well as Frank Butler, a fine horseman, 

 an "excellent judge of pace, and a brilliant finisher. 

 On Job Marson, it used to be said, the mantle of 

 Chifney had fallen, and he knew how to 'finish' 

 as well as how to begin Old turfites tell us ' there 

 were giants in those days,' and so far as the jockeys of 

 the Derby are concerned, that is to be understood. 

 Of the Derby horsemen of to-day nothing need be 

 said ; the jockeys of the period are more than suffi- 

 ciently petted by the sporting press and the sponing 

 public. 



In the annals of the St. Leger there are some other 

 names than those mentioned which deserve a place 

 here. Mangle was a frequent rider and winner in the 

 ijreat Doncastrian event. The names of Searle, Peirse, 

 and Jackson are also enrolled in St. Leger annals. 

 Likewise the names of Shepherd, Johnson, and Clift ; 

 nor must B. Smith be forgotten, or the Days. These 

 men have all biographies, but unfortunately there is 

 not space in this volume to narrate their doings on 

 the racecourse and the training-grounds. W. Scott's 

 name is placed against nine St. Leger victories, four 



