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course. It has always consisted of men of the most exalted rank in 

 this country, and their connections and associates, none other ever find- 

 ing admission. The Jockey Club, as a public body, has ever main- 

 tained the highest character for honour and impartiality of decision, 

 which, indeed, their elevated rank in life ought to imply. 



Much useful information, in respect to betting and matching, will be 

 found in the volume of the Racing Calendar. The general rendezvous 

 for betting upon the various races, is at the Subscription Room, at Tat- 

 tersal's Repository, Hyde-Park-Corner. On some particular occasions, 

 the sporting circle has been widely extended, and almost the public it- 

 self interested : the two most prominent instances of this kind, within 

 my memory, were the far-famed match of Laburnum and Fleacatcher, 

 almost thirty years since, and that of Diamond and Hambletonian, a 

 few years past. On each of those races, immense sums were betted in 

 London. 



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