JOCKEYS & THE SCHOOLS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1653, 21 January 1913, Page 5

JOCKEYS & THE SCHOOLS.

HORSE-TRAINERS AND OUR EDUCATION. ' Two' horses went out to gallop a mile Md a quarter at Trenthara yesterday. JBoth looked well, and both havo shown publio font over a distanco of ground. Atythe finish of the gallop,, however, both jworo .rolling badly,- and it was just a guestion of which was tho worse. : Some of tho trainers who witnessed tho exhibition, made unkind remarks about the present-day jockeys and one aYorred that ?you could count on.your fingers" the jockeys who could ride a working £alldi> with any degree of intelligence, or ■ prove themselves proper judges of pace. Another trainer blamed the Dominion ; system of education for spoiling'',', tho Poys. Any lad, who was fortunate enongh to get a little schooling before entering nstabta (he'said) had such ,a , Jramber of special subjects (carpentering, j gardening, music, etc.) crowded on to the i old school course that ho generally left , School in a frightful maze, wondering if j: . it was really necessary to sow seed ; p<ta-- - toes with a claw-hammer. A little Jess of this, and a little more of English and arithmetics wonld (that trainer ooncluded) Eivo tho lads better address and a better I idea of .how to spcoialiso in their own particular business.' \\