“Wells, the jockey who rode Blue Gown to victory in the Derby, was presented by his master with the stakes won on the occasion, amounting to a sum of over £6,000.”

“It was not just the precocious brilliance of his jockeyship but his heritage.”

“And if the proposed Scottish academy offers a professorship of all-weather jockeyship, only one Scot should be considered for the post.”

“The quality of the horses, the standard of jockeyship, the level of prize money were all inferior to here.”