ABORIGINES AS JOCKEYS

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 50, 28 February 1934, Page 6

ABORIGINES AS JOCKEYS

Is it not lathei lemaikable tint Aus, tialm has pioduced so few abougincs who rtiade capable lace ndus, sajs an Au-tia iian writer. A\ ith oidinarj hoises the aie mostlj quite at home, espccnllj it iUtion woik and lough riding, but foi some leason they are not m-then, clement in the handling of thoroughbreds in a race ' "

1 There vlme been instances of halfcastes showing skill and judgment on a racehorse, probablj the most notable of these havipg v been Percy Kennedy. He was more than useful on the flat and o\ci jumps when attached to the stable of the late Mi. J D Biewer Kennedy is now m charge of K. Lewis's piopeitv at Fern Tiee Gully In America seveial colouied iiien line achieved fune in the middle and it was there that the foitiard seit was fiist 01mmitcd Abon^mes have excelled in othoi fields of spoit suck as pedestnauism, but as joekejs they cannot be said to have gamed much pionunence J'eihaps they ha\e not <tlwajs been given the oppoitunity to leain, but wo saw a number of them woik nig in lacing stables in the old da-vs, and they did not succeed .when it came to ridiug in public Piobably they weie mostlj too dull wittcd to nmke expert jockeja Among the aboriginal expert jumping ndeis Rolev Doctor stood out As a i.ulei. in high jump'contests he gained a gieit numbei of -uctones and his method of using nght out of the saddle when His mount was 111 the an matenallj contubuled to his success