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Jockeys And Mounts

How They Lost---And Won

which we hear so much.

By Don Cathcart Jump off in front and keep in frout

We have already seen how it id not always the crack jockeys who have the big wins. To the names of Macdonald and Bell, just quot- cd as unknown boys who rode un- expected Derby winners, let us add that of Parsons.

TWO unknown riders made his ridden by a jockey named Mar- stead of attending to one's own the owner of his mount, gratifled tory at Kempton Park-recent- low, who came to believe that business, has lost more than one but curious, asked him how He ly, One of them, named Dawson, "the Dutchman" was invincible. race. A boy called Rossiter was managed ft. "Well, sir," replied signalised his first race in England In the Doncaster Cup, Marlow on Robert the Devil in the Der the innocent lad, "I overheard Mr. by steering a 20-to-1 chance to was instructed to ride a waiting by, when the dreaded Fred Archer Archer saying what he intended victory. The other unknown; "by, race; but he vaingloriously decid- was riding Bend Or. Rossiter to do to me during the race, so I the name of Eddowes, won by ed to disobey his riding-orders,

thought the best thing was to foar lengths on another outsider, saying "I'll show them what I've making mincemeat of the day's got under me to-day!”

all the way."

This unknown lad was put up "good thing," which was ridden

on Caractacus for the great race by no less a celebrity than Gordon Owing to this temerity, Voltigeur

Lord Rosebery's Derby winner at Epsom. Now, Caractacus was Richards.

got up and just beat the Flying kept on looking round to see what Ladas lost the St. Leger because so little thought of that his owner It is just these little incidents Dutchman-one of the most sen- Archer was doing, and in the end Loates, in the saddle, was busy did not trouble to go to Epsom that go to make up that "glorious sational "upsets" even seen on a though he was leading all the watching Watts on Matchbox, the to see him run. As it turned out, uncertainty of the Turt" about racecourse. Marlow's remorse for way--lost his head. This, gave only opponent he feared. While Parsons, young and untried as he his disobedience was bitter, and Archer the chance to come up on these two crack jockeys had their was, rode the despised outsider. after the race he was seen lean- Bend Or, and win, though the race eyes upon each other, a gallant with the coolness and judgment of A totally unknown young jockey ing against the wall of the waigh- really ought to have gone to Ro- ally named Throstle, cleverly a hero of a hundred wins, and won the Derby on the 50-to-1 ing-room crying like a child, bert the Devil. outsider Little Wonder, benting while

steered by Cannon, stole the race. brought him first past the post in Lord Eglinton, pale as the favourite Lancelot, with the ashes, was vainly trying to console, ching his inexperienced opponents surprise, for Ladas was fully ex-

This habit of Archer's of fright- This was another big race,course a superb finish. great William Scott "up" The lad's him. Marlow won other races but had an unlooked for repercussion pected to win. As it was, he had game deserves to be recorded. It died, forgotten, in a workhouse... on one occasion. An unknown lad to be content with second place, Was Macdonald; and the records

Watching the other jockey, in- had a totally unexpected win; and while-Matchbox was third. say that he was as cool as a veteran all the way. Nearing the post, Scott, who was by no means scrupulous, shouted, "£1,000 for a pull!" The unknown youngster shouted back, **Too late, Mr. Scott!" and went on to win a sen- sational Derby.

Another obscure jockey carried off the "Blue Ribbon" on Merry Monarch, whose previous per- formances caused him to go down in racing history as "the worst horse that ever won the Derby," This jockey's name was Bell.

These unknown lads were doubtless going all out; whereas it is not seldom that a more experi- enced jock has thrown away a race because of over-confidence. Catherstone won the Derby, with the aforementioned Scott in the saddle, by a good margin. In the St. Leger the mount was given to Frank Butler, but this jockey.took too much for granted. To his dis- may, Job Marson on Nutwith came with an electric rush, and snatched the victory away from Catherstone and him. Marson was a very fine rider, and was on Teddington when he won the Derby. It is pleasing to record that his last mount, ere he re- tired, was a winner.

Beat Fred Archer

Another tragic tale of over- · confidence losing a big race has to be told in connection with that grand horse Flying Dutchman.

In all his victories he had been

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peramental horses, and their fits of We hear a good deal about tem-

"nerves" and temper. But a jockey can have his little oddities just the same. There was Sammy Mor- dan, who would soliloquise aloud as he rode. Over-confidence, curse of so many jocks, also made him throw away a Derby which his mount Bruce was expected to win. Thinking that he had the race in 'his pocket, he left off riding, and Tom Cannon took Shotover past .him to win,

*There was Morris, who was: deaf, a disability which is no as- set to a jockey. He, too, eased up his mount, Galopin, in a memor- able Derby. "Go on, Deafy!" shouted George Fordham. And "Deafy" went on to win..

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There was the Yankee Sloan, whose succession of wins went to his head, and made him impossible to deal with.

George Fordham, just mention-

was known as the "champion fidder's among lockeys, and was

up to every legitimate move to ûe- ceive his rivals and add to his mount's chances. During his career he rode 2587 winners, thus not being far behind the great Fred Archer's record of 2748.

William Scott had a tempera-: ment that made him quarrel with Everybody. In one Derby he actually stayed at the starting-" post to abuse the starter. So mar! vellous a rider was he that in spite of this delay he made up the lost, ground and was only beaten by a short head. His little episode at the start, by the way. cost him an interview with the Stewards and a £5 fine,

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