PRACTICAL BENEFITS OF JOCKEY REGISTRY 83 



60 or 400 pounds, just as we breed horses. 

 It only takes a longer time and more 

 patience. 



THE JOCKEY EEGISTEY. 



There is need of five thousand to six 

 thousand jockeys to ride the running races 

 in this and other countries. One can see a 

 score of them on our Pike on hot summer 

 days, dressed in heavy woolen sweaters, 

 running along and swinging their arms un- 

 der the direction of their trainers to reduce 

 their weight. In England and France, I 

 often have met them in the hot steam baths, 

 for twenty-four hours at a time trying to 

 sweat off a few extra pounds, abstaining 

 from water and food. Jockeys usually come 

 from "Jockey families" and parents often 

 stunt the growth of their boys by giving 

 them coffee and other drugs to keep them 

 small; for, as a general thing, an able small 

 jockey makes much more money than a 

 large one. 



The jockeys need intelligence, strength 

 and activity. The severe starving and 

 sweating before a race saps the acuteness 

 of his intelligence, his energy and strength. 



