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height of the fashion, and having their horses saddled for them 

 What would such jockeys think of riding from Exeter to 

 Stockbridge on a small pony with their light saddle tied round 

 their waist after the races, and arriving at the latter place in 

 time to ride there, and to start for Southampton races, the 

 next in order, in ample time to ride ? Mr. Montgomery Dilly 

 and my father both did this when boys, for two consecutive 

 years. Old Mr. Forth, as a boy, I am told, used to rise from 

 his bed and walk wasting during the night, in order to keep 

 himself light, besides doing his daily work. And when my 

 father trained, he often wasted by walking on the Downs 

 during the time the horses were taking their exercise ; which 

 is much more tiring than walking on the road. And yet 

 with all his riding and with 100 horses under his charge, 

 he had no one to wait on him, neither valet, amanuensis, 

 nor clerk. Similar cases might be given by scores ; but I 

 think enough has been said to show how great is the change 

 for the worse, not only as regards the physical capability, 

 but the inclination to exert themselves, in the jockeys of the 

 present day. 



