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the classing of the riders, and the weights 

 the horses carried. It is generally supposed 

 these points were left to the discretion of 

 the judges, who were sworn to do justice ; 

 and here we have a faint resemblance to 

 the modern handicap. 



How much is it to be lamented, that 

 we have no faithful representation of the 

 Olympic jockeys of Philip on his brother 

 to Bucephalus, or the King of Syracuse on 

 Phrenicus. We are not to expect that they 

 were dressed a la Chifney; but we could 

 not see deformity on such classic ground. 

 As suited to their occupation, nothing can 

 be more neat nothing more perfect 

 nothing more in keeping, than the present 

 costume of the English jockey; but a 

 century back it was deformity personified. 

 4 Your clothes,' says the author of The 

 Gentleman's Recreation, in his direction to 

 his race-rider for by the prin-annexed we 

 must decline calling him jockey ' should 

 be of coloured silk, or of white holland, as 

 being very advantageous to the spectator. 

 Your waistcoat and drawers (sans culottes, 

 we presume) must be made close to your 

 body, and on your head a little cap, tied. 



