FAMOUS JOCKEYS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17190, 6 November 1923, Page 3

FAMOUS JOCKEYS.

CAREER OF G. HULME.

(Specially written for the “ Star ” bj Even it he had not l*een associates with Mi.mta/ Mahal, George Hblmc best, middle-weight jockeys of his day. but since it- lias been his pood for tune to be the rider of the phenomenal grey, bis name will be writ large in the pages of racing history for all time Holme, who was horn at Leeds on October 8, 1809, sewed hi> apprenticeship of eight years at. Whatcombe. in Berkshire, and the fact that be has never been attached to am other stable and that he is now the leading jockey to that, very important establishment- controlled by Mr R. ('. Dawson, serves to prove not only bis loyalty but. bis unusual ability in the saddle. Km plover and employee arc in complete accord- -each trusts the f flier absolutely and that, of course, Roes a. long way to explain the many successes enjoyed by the stable. Hulme bar not yet had the distinction of w inning a classic race -I write before the result of the St. heger, in which his. mount is the filly Teresina but h* hopes to carry all lief ore him in if she does not meet with the same unhappy fate of her sire. The Tet rnrch Still. Hulme has achieved quite a number of notable triumphs already. He won the Grand Prix—the principal race of the French season and one which is placed on a par

with our own I>erhv bv many people in this country —on Galloper' Fight, while few jockeys can boast ol his re.-ord of two Ascot Gold Gups. The first was secured for Mr de Pledge on By Jingo, on whom Hulme also won a Manchester Cup. and the second for the late Sir ’William Nelson on the Jubilee winner. Tangiers. three years sgo. Tt lias to be recorded that the latter success was in the nature of a fortunate affair, since in a terrific finish Aster’s Buchan, perhaps one of the racehorses in the last decade, came in first but was disqualified for crossing. This Ascot meeting of 1920 was a particularly lucrative one fur the. AVfiat combo jockey, for not only did lie win the most coveted trophy but he also rode to victory Syria,, Prince m the Cheahatn Stakes. Davlight Patrol in the Waterford Stakes, Orhy's Pride in the Granville Stakes, and Dunkirk in the High-Weight Stakes. 3 hit he always does well at the Rovhl gathering on the heath, because hi.s tiainer and patrons set themselves out to have w inners there. Natmallv, : good and brainy jqckeyship is essential to tlio successful exploitation o« tlie schemes and- in this resect Hulme lias shown himself to lie the meal young fellow. Especially has he the gilt of handling a two-year-old a most difficult task really, for nuiiv a rider has spoiled the career ot a horse by unsympathetic treatment in us earlv days. One ol the notable handicap successes of Hulme was the Lincolnshire ef 1919. when lie was up on Roval Bucks, then six years of age. Rivershore was the favourite that rear, but be was beaten by Sevier’s candidate by two lengths. Royal Bucks went on to Epsom to capture the Cit-v and Suburban, and Donoghue was his pilot on that occasion. been use Hulme was required for Galloper Light, on whom he was to achieve. greater renown later in the season. It is strange that, a horsr of the class of (lallorsr J.ieht should finish only fifth to an old catnpnipner like Royal Bucks and then proceed to a. Grand Prix triumph. But, The “Galloper” was a very difficult horse to train and. perhaps, that fact accounted tor his failure in a big race at the very beginning of his t b ree-year-ol d ca roer. flulruo is as quiet, in j.pirate life a. h© is on a. course. Success has not turned his head and it is a pleasure to witness his modest hearing as he returns to the unsaddling enclosure after having ridden first “past the judge. His features seldom relnr at all: he is never emotional : he is never flurried ; he is calmness personified That is on the course. \wav from the ulare where ever,- other ' person seems to get into a state of intense eve.truer,t. Hulme is a bright, eheerv fellow, with a MW of real humour He is au ruAmont to the turf and it must he the rush of all those who have the interests.of raring at heart that he should flourish for many years lu