TURF ABBREVIATIONS. 



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Miles. Furls. Yards. 



In riding, or jocheying, as it is termed, the race-horse in 

 his course, not only judgment, experience, and spirit are re- 

 quired, but the jockey lies under a very critical kind of re- 

 sponsibility, involving the risk of his livelihood. There are 

 many of them employed by the inferior black-leg species of 

 sportsmen, and even yet, some of a higher class, who will 

 not be convinced that a rider has acted honestly, and done 



