DOWN WITH THE WHIP.

NZ Truth, Issue 137, 1 February 1908, Page 2

DOWN WITH THE WHIP.

When will our present-day trainers teach their apprentices how "to ride, and when to use a flail and when to {cave ' it alone ? The jockey of • ' today does not seem to grasp the fact that when a. horse has run himself out he requires holding together and not being flogged all over the place m butcner-boy fashion. A promising lightweight is R. Hatch, who is attached to F. Higgott's stable. This lad rode six winners at the recent meeting," and His horsemanship was of a high order. He rides with his hands and heels only, and gets more out of , his mounts than those boys who go for the stick. On the other hand we have D. Price, who learned to ride m Sydney. This lad is fairly smart at the barrier, and during a race he has a good head, but what a shocking exhibition he gives when 'he draws that stick. It's 10 to 1 against his mount if the stick comes out, and t>he writer, -has rievjer seen him win a*race under these, circumstances. Both Jenkins and Hewitt, two of our , most capable horsjertfen, had very little use. for the whalebone and. far better results were obtained by these riders than any o£ our present-day lads.