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Press, Volume LII, Issue 9011, 25 January 1895, Page 6

Nobody (says Jlfan of the World) has earned a long rest better than Mornington Cannon, who has got to the top of the winning jockeys* list through talent and dogged perseverance, which, according-to the late Charles Dickens, mean the same thing. He has certainly ridden some astonishing finishes this year; and Archer, in his prime, never accomplished anything more miraculous than "Morny" 'did hi introducing Red Heart to the notice of the judge at Darby. And I can speak very feelinaly about this race. Hi* riding of Throstle at Ascot, and Doncaster, too, was beyond all praise; and it was ' entirely due to his knowledge of pace that little master Bullingdon got so near Isinglass at Newmarket, iv the summer, when every other horse in the race was ridden in lightning fashion. '" Morny, r like the rest of the Cannon family, is not easily spoilt by praise, or I should not ban mentioned all these things. Hef will now, if the weather--keeps'"open," as aprears firobable, get plenty of hunting—nothing ike hunting to keep man or beast in condition—and will, let us hope, be hard aj nails 'and eager for the fray when that saddling bell, of which we have all heard so much," shall riiig out again. Cannon's great—well, you can hardly call him "great"—rival, "Tommy" Loate*. has been beset with the most dreadful luck of late; otherwise, with 141b or so the advantage in weight, he was bound to finish at the top of tho tree, But "Tommy "can boast Of having won more, money for his employers than any other jockey; aud of the £bli493;won by Isingfass, in three races, has helped considerably in this feat. His brother &%m , has also been ridinvc in great forin—iu fact much better than he did ten years ago, -'-- when he looked like "training.off." There - is no follower of .-racing who was bettei . pleaded than myself to see this jockej "riding about" again, as I have always considered the deprivation -of ,hls licence' ■ to have been an arbitrary act on the part, -•„ of the powers that be. ""Sam's" chief- : ] fault was solidity—-disinclination to " split s-. on his pah;" and this is a crime (?) which,""''-' i In my opinion, reward "fits " better than punishment. ...-'...