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• Practiced law from 1972 to 2001, including a stint as a deputy counsel at the Energy Department under President Ronald Reagan. Also worked as an aide to both Representative Floyd Spence and Senator Strom Thurmond.
• Won a House seat in 2001 in a special election following the death of Representative Spence, a mentor. Represents the 2nd District, which includes Hilton Head Island and much of the state capital, Columbia.
"Whether the jockey is sitting in the saddle or not, the horse still has to carry his weight," Spence says. "But by absorbing the jiggles of the horse, the jockey prevents the animal from having to make him go up and down with each stride. It's the difference between...
This minimize-the-load strategy operates in other places beyond the racetrack. We adopt it intuitively when we're carrying a heavy load and find ourselves maintaining an even, almost level gait, thus reducing the up and down motion that makes a bundle seem to weigh more on every downward...
On the track, however, the ploy has most likely been thoroughly tapped. "My guess would be that the best jockeys already do everything they can in terms of using this mechanism," says Spence. "Where it could come into play in horse-racing is in training other people, to help them...