The Jockey's Dream single work   short story  
Issue Details: First known date: 1890... 1890 The Jockey's Dream
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An English jockey's dream of foul play in a cross-country race in Ireland prevents the shooting of his employer's horse at the waterjump - and thus saves him from losing his heavy wages. Race course plot ... Competent. (Nb: in these tales jockeys and owners seem of equal status; different to other tales of unequal social position.) (PB)

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    Western Europe, Europe,
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