HOW JOCKEYS RIDE.

NZ Truth, Issue 252, 23 April 1910, Page 2

HOW JOCKEYS RIDE.

The pertinacity of some riders m sticking to the rails, very often loses races for : them, although there are times when it comes off, and this,-, m a measure, compensates lor the lailures. : 4 shining example of what is referred to is the Feilding horseman, A. Oliver ; another is C. Jenkins, though the latter is not so strong on the point as Oliver. Last week at Awapuni Oliver won two races on Highden horses that should have been beaten, viz., Boanerges m the Telegraph Handicap, and the same horse m the Juvenile Handicap' on the second day. By similar methods he also scored a flaky bead victory on Lady Lucy m the Wanganui Stakes. ... In the Tele^giraph Handicap Boanerges did not begin well, and could not go wi;th Parula and Lord Soult, who piloted the field at a very fast pace. Passing Wanping Lodge he was well behind the leaders, but across the bottom bend he gained a lot of ground by some of the middle guard hanging out. At this juncture the horse was going remarkably well, and so were several others, including Hermia. At the turn into the straight Lord SouU. was done with, and Hermia took his place alongside Parula, with Boanerges just behind and hopelessly blocked. It may be mentioned here that Hermia's rider, Jenkins, had just previously pushed Parula back on to the rajils m swinging •* into the straight ; however, a change then- came over the scene. Hermia died m Jenkins' hands, and Overtone rushed up on the outside. This confused Lowe, on >Parula, and he came out with the intention, no doubt, ,pf making Overtime cover as much ground as possible. He forgot all about Oliver (on Boanerges), and the latter, seeing his opportunity, slipped up, and it shouM be said that the I horse was going so remarkably "well that lie got l evel m about three strides, and then won the race. The crowd cheered Oliver, and no doubt he deserved it, : but what assisted the victory as much as his good riding was the poor riding of Teddy Lowe. The Price-trained horse won the race and got the kudos attached to it, but it must be repeated that he Avas exceptionally lucky. Had Hermia uot failed over the last furlong, Jenkins could have been relied on to see that Parula never left the rails, and tins would have beaten Oliver, as, had he bad to go round, no one knows better than he that it would have been fatal to his chances. Oliver developed this penchant for the rails only on his return from Australia, and it is said that he copied it from tbc crack Australian, Balden, who is a sticker for the rails, but his percentage cf wins is nothing like 'as high as Oliver's, for at RanUwick and Melbourne courses they have got the game to a much iiiiL»r art than ever here.