A DANGEROUS WEAPON.
Capable judges of racing agree that dozens of races are lost every year by the use of the whip. No less an authority than the late Duke of Beaufort expressed his opinion that the following sentence ought to be printed in large letters and hung up over the bed of every young jockey; and to those who did not profit: by it, the whip they misuse should be applied:—"When you feel that it is time for you to begin to set-to, take up your whip and throw It over the mils."
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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94A DANGEROUS WEAPON. Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 46, 23 February 1901, Page 5 (Supplement)
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