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clyffe often rode in the Oaks, and continued 

 to ride at Goodwood and Egham, till nearly 

 the last year of his life. All the others have 

 retired, and some to their long home : but 

 it is favourable to this manly pastime, and 

 the temperate habits which it induces, to 

 state that, out of seven gentleman-jockeys 

 who rode thirty-two years ago at Lichfield, 

 only one, Mr. D. Radclyffe, who rode the 

 winner, has died a natural death ; all the 

 others being alive, with the exception of 

 Mr. Bullock, who was drowned. 



The eminent jockeys of the present day are 

 Lord Wilton, Messrs. White, Osbaldeston, 

 Bouverie, Peyton, Kent, Molony, two 

 Berkeleys, Platel, Burton, Griffiths, Becher, 

 Gilbert, and others whose names do not 

 this moment occur to us. But looking at 

 the value of the prizes at Heaton Park, for 

 example (where, until last year, gentlemen 

 alone were allowed to ride), Bath, Croxton 

 Park, and several other places, we marvel 

 not at the proficiency of these patrician 

 jockeys ; and during certain parts of the 

 racing season, such performers as Lord 

 Wilton, Messrs. White, Peyton, Kent, and 

 one or two more of the best of them, are 



