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Such is not the case with his jockey, Gean Cruguef. However, jockey discipline is a matter of interest to the social scientist, not the sportswriter, and is therefore beyond the purview of this writer's credentials. But the phenomenal success of a thoroughbred who seems to need no guidance raises a question that has long dangled on the tongues of racing aficionados. Namely, how important is the jockey...
...racing, the only other regulated high speed animal racing sport (in the matter of speed, both horse and dog put homo sapien to shame) jockeys have been foresaken in the 20th century for the mechanical rabbit. Though the change originally occurred because man had become too large to ride dogs, the jockey's steel and cotton replacement has proved more than sufficient, and in many ways beneficial. Has one ever heard of a mechanical rabbit strike...
True, man has ridden horse for several millenia, and despite his continual growth through medical advancements, has never become too large. The horse has grown with him. But does capability necessitate responsibility? Just because the horse can carry man, that does not mean the jockey has to ride...
Indeed, the elimination of jockeys would do little to undermine those glorious traditions which sustain the sport of thoroughbred racing. Bold Reasoning, the father of Seattle Slew, was a handsome specimen and a credible racer in his own right; it is possible that Seattle Slew could have gotten into the Kentucky Derby on his father's name, even if he had not won a lot of previous races. But who is the father of Seattle Slew's jockey? It is quite possible that the elder Cruguef has never been to the flats, even for the purpose of placing a friendly...
...determine who can have access to the papers and tapes and under what conditions. Settling that, after other court challenges, could take months. It is not likely that Nixon's Smoking Pistol Blues, with lyrics by John Ehrlichman and arrangement by Bob Haldeman, will soon reach the disc jockey hit lists...