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nethods do not quite accord with
>ur accepted notions of form and
tyle. Thus it has taken us three
rears to come to understand the
>atent fact that to remove the
veight as much as possible off the
»mall of a horse's back causes it
to tell less on his speed, and more
•yn his powers of endurance, and
:hat it consequently improves his
:orm and upsets the efforts of the
landicapper to the extent of about
5 lbs. to 7 lbs. Until this year
we have made light of this
ALmerican invasion, and now it
iias threatened to overwhelm us
and our jockeys altogether.
I venture to still adhere to the
opinion that it is nonsense to de-
clare that our jockeys are inferior
to their invaders, or that our
trainers can no longer turn out
apprentices equal to competing
with the new-comers, such as
little Johnny Rieff, the fact being
that our trainers, converts to the
new style, have neglected their
duty to their apprentices, or
rather, I should say, the exigencies
of our present racing make it next
to impossible for a trainer to de-
vote sufficient attention to his
boys, because with so many days
in every week devoted to racing,
his home days are much curtailed,
and so are his hours on the
Downs, besides which his style
of living has altered ; he is more
luxurious, and less in touch with
his boys than of yore, and so it
comes that unless a lad is related
to the trainer, or has some special
interest in Order Hydroxyurea his favour, his chances
of being taught, and having a
-chance given him in public are
very small indeed. It is some
years ago since I told in your
pages the story of how Constable
became a jockey, and therefore I
will not repeat it j Buy Hydroxyurea Online it is, however,
a fact that in all probability he
would never have ridden in a
xace had it not been for me,
as I insisted, when only weighing
4st. 7lbs., on his being put upon a
three-year-old filly I then had in
training at Epsom called Marplot,
in preference to a boy named
Hardy, that old William Reeve
declared was the stronger and
better boy. My ideas were in
favour of hands and judgment,
and they proved correct, much to
Reeve's chagrin. In the interest
of our home-grown boys I should
rejoice to see some wholesome
reform, which would have the
effect of making more accom-
plished horsemen and fewer strap-
pers and loafers. For is it not
these latter disappointed ones that
endeavour to retrieve their for-
tunes by revealing stable secrets
and touting for their paying
friends ?
Well, as we have seen before,
success has brought in its train a
further invasion from Yankeeland
— to profit by the proficiency of
their betters. But is this a new
thing? Have we not seen the
same before in the Archer Purchase Hydroxyurea era?
And in the jockey's ring ? And
is it not a Purchase Hydroxyurea Online likely thing under the
circumstances that this should
happen, especially when the Turf
is, more than ever has been the
case, in Buy Hydroxyurea the hands of the wealthy
men ? To me, a humble out-
sider, yet none the less a keen
observer of men and things, it
appears that the present effect of
the American invasion is one to
be naturally expected. Yet what
do we see ? A sudden ebullition
of indignation by one of our
leading men of the Jockey Club,
hurling broadcast assertions that
the Turf was never in such a
condition of rottenness as now.
And the sporting press, that had
hitherto been singularly silent on
the subject, is now echoing the
outcry. Granted that we do
not enjoy seeing the spoils so
constantly going across the
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His noisy flounce shall nevermore affright
The ousel, in the hush of summer night —
So steal the days away, till Autumn sere
Chants in chill winds the requiem of the Buy Cheap Hydroxyurea year,
Sung to the mournful tinkling of the leaves,
And all the earth is brown ; poor wight who grieves !
Brown is the hue of sport, brown rod and gun,
And oh the brown hillside at set of sun
Glows the warm glory of the dying heather.
Where nestle safe brown fur and russet feather —
Still by the river, gliding smooth and slack.
Where the fat grayling shows his violet back.
And steel-blue scented sides, as up he flies,
(Cunning the skill that blinds those lozenge eyes)
I pace the shortening day. But hark, a sound !
The gossamer wreathes trembling to the ground.
Its flight arrested, now no more to ply,
When o'er the marsh has wailed the snipe's first cry.
Hast heard it, trusty gun, from where you gaze,
Dumb, from your sentry box of dark green baize,
Idle too long ? What hopes and memories pour
Around us, as I grasp thy hand once more !
Rough days on moor, wild nights by lonesome mere.
Long strings of hurrying fowl, in storm career,
Flitting like shades athwart the scud-swept moon ;
Then, rising weird amid the tempest's tune.
The far off calling of the lone curlew —
Awake my silent friend ; old rod, adieu !
I thank ye, brothers both, who chase the fear
And wild regrets that haunt each passing year.
SCOLOPAX.
Notes of a Yachting Cruise by a Landsman
II.
We had a very pleasant, if un-
eventful, passage to Plymouth. Order Hydroxyurea Online
No exciting adventures befel us,
for apparently there were no
pirates about to capture us or
desert islands to be cast upon.
Hence all went smoothly, includ-
ing the sea, and we entered the
Sound about 8.30 a.m., and were
soon at anchor just off Drake's
island. Very shortly afterwards,
we were hailed by a party in a
boat, whose spokesman was