London, Nov. 1.
John Crouch, 21-year-old son of a former coach painter—who did not want his boy 10 become a jockey—learned recently that he has been chosen as the King's number one Jockey next season.
he was eleven, Crouch determined to become a jockey, but it was not until he was fourteen that saw his first race horse. He was, at that age, apprenticed to Stanley Wooton.
Crouch has 31 winners to his credit this selison, although he is only two months out of his apprenticeship.—He can go on the scale at 7st. 9 Reuter,
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