Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1931 - 1954), Tuesday 7 April 1936, page 12
JIM PIKE RELATES HIS LIFE STORY
"My First Race Was A Race For Life"
By JIM PIKE.
In this, the first of a series of articles, relating his life story, the famous jockey, Jim Pike, tells how he started his career, and recalls a humorous incident, in which he says his first race was a race for life.
was born at The Junction, just outside Newcastle and right on the site of the old racecourse. I didn't come of a horsey family, but there were hacks and ponies abroad to be ridden, and I learned to catch and ride these at will. My first race was a race for life. Some mates and I had learned from our elders how to use gelignite for killing fish in the nearby creek. One day we took our ponies and dogs to the water and set about making a
