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and whose skill, and coolness, combined with judg- 

 ment and a quick decision, enable them to make the 

 most of every fair advantage that may offer in the run- 

 ning in favor of the horses they ride. 



Such men as I have been describing are invaluable 

 to their employers. It is on the sound judgment, 

 integrity, and honesty of men of the above description 

 that many, many thousand pounds are often depend- 

 ing. I, therefore, strongly recommend to the notice 

 of both trainers and jockeys, at all times and on all 

 occasions, to adhere strictly to the old proverb, that 

 " honesty is the best policy ;" which principle in the 

 character of man, Shakspeare has so finely exemplified 

 in the following lines, — 



" This above all, to thine own self be true ; 

 And it must follow, as the night the day, 

 Thou can'st not then be false to any man" 



