"LUCK NOT WITH ME"
'■[ am not complaining in the least of the break that has been given mo, but it jufct happens that the luck has< not been with me," was the comment passed by the former Australian jockey W. It. Johnutone when questioned after the announcement that he and Lord Glanely had agreed by mutual arrangement to terminate tho contract whereby he should ride Colombo and other of Lord" Glanely 5s horses in England during the' present flat season."': "There.is mueh.tp.like about Johnstone's general ;s"tyle' of jockeyship," remarks one English'Tiirf ciitic, "but it has not been sufficiently resolute to produce good results in Very hard, finishes. He has .won only four races for Lord Glanely and his total number of winners has not exceeded adozen;" ■■; ,■ , *'. ;•'..•. .j. ' .■',. It will now be necessary to find a jockey !-for; Colombo! in the St. Leger Stakes.1 The name' of Steve Donoghue is mentioned-:, ; ', ■ . '. '
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Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 6
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150"LUCK NOT WITH ME" Evening Post, Volume CXVIII, Issue 33, 8 August 1934, Page 6
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