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presence of George iv. George Dockeray 

 stood high on the list as a powerful and 

 good horseman, with excellent nerve in a 

 crowd ; but, being a bad waster, and much 

 punished to bring himself to the three-year- 

 old weights, he has given up riding in public. 

 Frank Boyce was very good, and esteemed 

 an excellent starter, a great advantage in 

 the short races of the present day. 1 Richard, 

 or Young Boyce, as he is called at New- 

 market, a very pretty horseman, with a good 

 head, has now given up riding, owing to 

 being too heavy. Conolly, who has been 

 riding successfully for Lords Chesterfield 

 and Verulam, is in high repute at New- 

 market. He has a bad Irish seat, but he is 

 very strong upon his horse, and his hand 

 and head are good. Wright is also a steady 

 good rider, and comes light to the scale. 

 He was very successful on Crutch. Natt, 

 or Flatman (his surname), is a very improv- 

 ing jockey, and is engaged by the Earl of 

 Chesterfield. James Chappie, very good 

 and very light, seven stone without wasting, 



1 This eminent jockey died in November, 1836, at 

 Newmarket in his thirty-ninth year, with a character 

 quite free from reproach. 



