The turf . ed,it is because his efforts are confined to the flat. Amono-the best professional riders now in practice ArthurNightingall is prominent, one of three brothers, sonsof a jockey father, who have won innumerable races,frequently on horses trained at Epsom. Robert isfrequently found in opposition to his elder brother,though William has given up riding and turned hisattention exclusively to training. Danebury steeple-chase horses were for a long time specially dan-gerous, and this was in no small measure owing tothe skill with which they were schooled and riddenby George Mawson, who won
The turf . ed,it is because his efforts are confined to the flat. Amono-the best professional riders now in practice ArthurNightingall is prominent, one of three brothers, sonsof a jockey father, who have won innumerable races,frequently on horses trained at Epsom. Robert isfrequently found in opposition to his elder brother,though William has given up riding and turned hisattention exclusively to training. Danebury steeple-chase horses were for a long time specially dan-gerous, and this was in no small measure owing tothe skill with which they were schooled and riddenby George Mawson, who won the Grand Nationalon Playfair. Mawson was by no means an idealhorseman in appearance, being short and stumpy,but he was an excellent rider notwithstanding, andappearances in this respect are no doubt frequentlydeceptive — Jem Adams being another example ofthis fact. At Lewes, Escott trains with fine judg-ment, and rides with a full proportion of many years Sensier did most notable service for. QUALIFICATION 195 Mr. Arthur Yatess stables ; there was rarely a betterjudge and scarcely a better exponent of the art ofcross-country riding. Dollery, his old companion, isstill in the plenitude of his powers, and a bolderhorseman never rode at a fence. Williamson isanother of the leading jockeys of the day. QualificationA few years since, as already mentioned, an absurddistinction was drawn between hunters and handi-cap steeplechase horses, and it may be interesting totrace the changes that have been made. Formerlythere were steeplechases and hurdle races expresslyfor hunters; only hunters could run in flat racesunder National Hunt—or, as they were then called,Grand National Hunt—rules, and, if hunters ran outof their own class, they lost their certificates. Notseldom owners sacrificed whatever advantages weresupposed to attach to the possession of these certifi-cates, and the ridiculous nature of the distinction wasrendered evident when they did so by running theirho
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