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and, in nearly every case, were the winners of the 

 races whereof the names have become household 

 words, and that it was only when the studs of such 

 personages were disposed of, either in consequence of 

 death, or retirement, or inability to win any more 

 wagers with certain animals, that persons belonging 

 to a very different class, persons with whom members 

 of the Jockey Club had and could have no social con- 

 nection, became possessed of a noted horse or mare, 

 the sire or dam of progeny which earned great sums 

 of money both in stakes and bets, and world-wide 

 celebrity upon the Turf. Still, there were in the very 

 early days one or two such persons : the Quicks and 

 Castles, the Wildmans, the O'Kellys, the Englands, 

 with more reputable contemporaries or successors, 

 such as Mr. Tuting, Clerk of the Course at New- 

 market ; Mr. Martindale, the saddler of St. James's 

 Street ; Mr. John Hutchinson, the ex-stable boy of 

 Shipton, near York ; and Mr. Tatter sail, the auctioneer 

 who made a fortune by Highflyer. As time went on, 

 the number of such persons, both reputable and dis- 

 reputable, grew and multiplied, until at last jockeys, 

 and trainers, and bookmakers, as well as men 'in 

 business,' of high character perhaps and of enormous 

 wealth, and members of Parliament to boot, but not 

 of sufficient culture or standing in society to be 

 admitted among the aristocratic members of the 

 Jockey Club, and, even had they been eligible in 

 those respects, too numerous for a Club which had 



