Thursday, December 21, 2006

Post Test

No self-educated sportsman like Eddie Eagan, Jockey Bost wick inherited a fortune before he left St. Paul's school, then decided not to go to college. Said he : "There is no use sitting in school when one can sit on a horse and go somewhere." When Jockey Bostwick began to take polo seriously two years ago, he quickly had his handicap raised to six goals, barely missed being No. 1 on the U. S. team that beat England in 1930. An expert golfer, he won the Byers Cup at Aiken a year ago. Short (5 ft. 2 in.), light (118 lb.), he has an ideal build for a jockey: slim legs, good muscles in arms & shoulders. His hands are strong, unusually clever. Next winter he plans to ride one of his own horses in the Grand National at Aintree, where neither a U. S.-bred horse nor a U. S. amateur jockey has ever finished first.