DEMPSEY’S RIDING.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17569, 20 June 1925, Page 7

DEMPSEY’S RIDING.

SUCCESS IN ENGLAND. UNGENEROUS HORSES. LONDON. .June 0. Frank Dempsey, tho Victorian jockey. whoso log was broken at Lingtiold on Saturday, in an interview with a representative of “ The Sun,'’ said T- expect to leave the. hospital in three weeks, and to resume riding in two months. The accident was due tr» a. false start. Thhorse next to miue was restive and plunged. Its { shoulder crushed my log, causing a spiral fracture of unusual form. I may return to Australia in November, but if Tdo T will return in 1 !>2<3. lam satisfied, with my English successes. J have bad seventy rides for twelve wins, ten seconds and six thirds. ‘* It takes a season to get accustomed to English courses, unless one is able to visit and study them beforehand. This 1 cannot do. because T am rushing from one meeting to another. It is frightfully bard, work, but I like it. •• English horse? arc less generous and harder to ride than Australian, i The majority of Australian horses take bold of the bit. hut the English animals require constant pressure to keep up the pace. "Tho officials and the boys, helped Young Gorlby is riding remarkably well- Ije -will do great things, and will probably be the leading lightweight i n v.'ur,. Ponoghu© is a great j rider. He has wonderful bands, splendid balance, and is a tine judge of a horse. As a freelance be chooses bis own mounts, which be could not do if he. was not a bonzor jockey. He is likely to again be champion, although Frank Bullock is equally good.’’