25O ON THE PACES, AND 



ways. Behold that knowing dog from Rum- 

 ford, or the interior of Effex, with a quid in h^s 

 mouth, an Indiaman waving from his fipirrzCj 

 his horfe muffling along, dot and go one, or 

 budging forward in that delightful rack, be- 

 tween trot and gallop ; the rider's whole foot, 

 and part of his leg, thruft through the ftirrup, 

 and his toe projecting downward, as if he meant 

 to dig a hole in the road ; he rows the living 

 engine along, by alternately flriking the flank 

 and (houlders with his -heel and toe, whilft his 

 arms, in unifon, beat the devil's tattoo againft 

 his own fides. 



The modern feat on horfe-back, and it feems 

 to have owed its eftablilhment to reafon, con- 

 firmed by experience, is, to fet naturally and 

 eafily upright upon .your faddle, as you would 

 in your chair ; your knees about as much bent, 

 and turned inward, your toes fomewhat out, 

 and upward, your leg falling nearly ftraight, 

 and your foot home in the ftirrup ; your back- 

 bone prepared to bend in the middle, upon oc- 

 cafion, your elbows held clofe to your fides, 

 your hands rather above the horfe s withers, or 

 the pommel of the faddle, and your view di- 

 rected between his ears. This is the true turf 

 or Newmarket feat, and the be ft exemplifica- 

 tion of it, that I am able to give, is the por- 

 trait of Samuel Chifney, the jockey, upon a 



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