THE LIGHTEST JOCKEY ON RECORD.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 758, 26 April 1877, Page 3

THE LIGHTEST JOCKEY ON RECORD.

Js aafwgr ta .a #Uetv "What was> the weight . <01. the lightest jockey whoever rode a raeof" tjj>b .e^t o/r/oisytli'e ' Field* sava :f^ r 'Tlifl /liglitest jpcKey. we ever heart! of was 'Kitchener, and as tie lowest welsflit at' which he rode is a frequent subject of d scussion, we will give fie t particulars somewhat; fully; It is thought 'by many persons that Kitchener's lowest ireig^fMwasvw^en^he wqn ; the^ Ghejter " Cup on Rod Doer, m 1844. Such, howeyor,Jß.no c ttlj.e,.faq§. .. Pnithat pension his bodily weight was 2at I2lh, and the saddle, bridle, &cj> weighing Ist 21b, made up the weight to 4at, at wliiou the horse was handicapped. But Kitchener had, ridden a* Ascot under the nickname of ' Tfav ' four, years i previously, .. and. his bodily '&», was Wen only^fc Illb'," O thit ihe TBt^Ltf doW-Vight was' required to bring him up to the 3at; 121 b at ythj6hriUelfcde.O>TUe^race war r the WokinghamStakeai'ruh'on'Fri'd^y.June 9th, 1840, ond -the- horse was Colonel Wyodham's chflsn^t fi.llyi by Nonsense ont of g ghriinp. <Apr< thjsfj occurred more than a q^zan.^y^ars before the, 'Field' oame r intb'exis{jenee,^re 4 oan,no k t;qu i otj> any report' of the race ,frdm pur V( own pages, 'blitfwe fin^.'thft following remarltsm the Spbft!ng ! !lii4a2ifte >; X July, 1*840:— • "G-abtam *tief cJ/ef atfoftyd .aoine^muße. j IfifihVßy frSn! ' I hls * eslabi^hment little Tiny, who rejoiced 'Ttf 'going to scale at 2st 71b; with a 61b saddle. He is a goodrhumouped^dj^and bore the grins^er^fojd^l^Ot' w«B,,lJJte 3 oils rode well, and bids J fair to walkuptue Bleew^pt ioaieKofr dieKbigi'unßi' eiAnd ' Bell's Life,' of .June 21st, 1840, contained they following^oni the; same sub* ja^-^Tbe tnoii anxusing.le^t^re of this ■MO3' (Wokuighatt^SVakCT) was the "fi'rsi appearance of-ainite^fioWCap^. Beeoher's Btable^whp.'rpjpiceajin, the cbgnomeh of Tinj, and justifies it by being able to go to scale .at^stjlbj'with a o|b saddle.f He rode tne"Nonsense fllly, and although' 1 the unpreooden|t{y 4 lpw^weighti.jdf ; .Bit' >l2lb, instead "of a feather, was .pat on her, she actually carried^ of dead weight 1 . . This -beats— Little Bell' and Johpny(H<iwletfcinto ! fits'."/, .-: « -! ' » '