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TOD TODD SLOAN DESCRIBES HIS ART ARTThere Farther There was nevor never a public notion that keen and skillful little Tod Todd Sloan would ever under ¬ rate his capability Ho recently went to news paporic papyri parade of riding in general and Tod Todd Sloans Slogans in particular Here is the parade Biding a horse is an art and I feel that I learn moro about it every time I have a mount Ever since my maiden race I have studied tho thou horso hors iand viand how to manage him and I beliovo believe that I understand him pretty well Of course every jockey has his own particular way of rid ¬ ing King and I certainly have mine No man has over shown mo how to do anything in the saddle I was my own teacher and if I am wrong no one else is toblamo Tobago toblamoTo tablemate To begin with a horso hors is more intelligent and observant than most people give him credit for being and remembors remembers kindness or abuse longer than a good many men It is on his feel ¬ ings dings that I play and I find that it wins Ho realizes what is oxpoctod expected of him as soon as ho passes tho thou crowded grand stand or sees the starter on tho thou block and if he is of any account is as willing to race as the jockey is to ride him I never use spurs because I believe they inflict a punishment instead of acting as persuaders A horso hors flinches under them and will not go kindly for mo at least leastI least I always sit straight in tho thou saddle at tho thou start keep my arms close to my body and dont don't pull on the reins any moro than possible Some starts aro aero difficult and the delay at tho thou post is trying on both horse and ridor rider In casos cass of this kind your mount will become restless and want to turn around or make some other movement If he wants to turn in one direction I never try to make him go in the opposite Instead of at ¬ tempting to rule him 1 try to act with him and he generally appreciates tho thou consideration shown him I found early in my career that fighting a horse is an uphill game gameWhen game When the word is given I bend forward over the horses withers and take a short hold on the reins having them run through my halfclosed halfcocked hands which are together and resting on tho thou horses neck Unless the distance is short and my mount is a weakhearted warmhearted sort of brute I never go out in the load I let some other horse set the pace and incidontly incidentally break the wind for me I find like the cyclists that this renders tha than greatest assistance No matter in what direc direct ¬ tion ion tho thou wind is blowing thore Thorpe is always some resistance because the horse goes much faster than it does and thereforo therefore I make myself as harmless as possible and the other starters in tho thou race as useful as possible Even if tho thou leader drops back a length or so I still allow him to stay in front until tho thou finish is close at hand The closer you can be behind a horso hors or several horses in a longdistance logistic race the better it is for you I generally pull out at the right time and very few pockets are worked on me meWhen ewe When the home stretch is reached I get farther up my horses neck than ever if possi poss ¬ ble able and use all my persuasive powers riding for all thore Thorpe is in me But I seldom draw my whip I always carry one but use it sparingly It is another instrument that punishes a little more than it persuades If neod nod be I tap a horse a fow flow times in the last hundred yards but never did a horso hors swerve under mo moAs moans As a rulo rule riding at itho litho finish looks harder than it really is If the horso hors has had enough yon find out long before tho thou crowd sees it and whipflashing whiplash and armworking armoring are absolutely useless If he is game and has been properly ridden he will koep kop trying and spectacular work is again unnecessary I believo believe that he appreciates victory and deplores defeat
