JOCKEYS.
Belmont and Harper have been
figuring for the star jockeys for the
Kingfisher-Longfellow race to-morrow.
The venerable John has
succeeded in retaining Bob Swim,
who ran Longfellow to victory at the Branch. Bob is the
smartest jockey in the States. Light, muscular, and as trickey as
Mayor Hall, he is sure to cut across, or through or over, and win
every race. Two years ago he rode Douglass Johnson's Muggins,
capturing the Saratoga cup; then he rode John Harper's Littleton,
at Lexington, Ky., where he was ruled off the track for crossing
another horse's path. Yesterday a little jockey wedged himself
between Bob and the fence, winning a race, which he never
would have won if Bob had not been on probation, and afraid
to squeeze to the boards the impertinent
little rider. But to-morrow,
when $80,000 depends upon the race,
Bob says he'll win if it is the last race
he ever runs.
