THE TURF. 
Somerset, Milsington, and Delamere (then Mr. Chol- 
mondeley) ; Sir Tatton Sykes ; Messrs. Delme Radclyffe, 
Hawkes, Bullock, Worral, George Pigot, Lowth, Mus- 
ters, Douglas, Probyn, &c. Who was the best of these 
jockeys it might be invidious to say ; the palm of 
superiority for head, seat, and hand was generally given 
to the duke and Mr. Hawkes ; but Messrs. Germaine, 
Delme Radclyffe, and Worral, were by some considered 
their equals. Lord Charles Somerset was a fine horse- 
man, though too tall for a jockey, and he often rode a 
winner. Mr. Bullock was also very good till his leg 
and thigh were broken by his horse running against a 
post ; and Mr. Probyn was superior on a hard-pulling 
horse. Mr. Delme Radclyffe 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 favour- 
able to this manly pastime, and the temperate habits 
which it induces, to state, that, out of seven gentlemen- 
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 
