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by some energetic member who has been recom- 

 mended by the retiring Steward and has consented to 

 act. The Stewards have much more work to do than 

 is usually imagined. Arranging the dates of meetings 

 for the following year is by itself a most troublesome 

 business, for it involves an infinity of correspondence. 

 It rarely happens that charges are not annually 

 brought, openly or anonymously, against some of the 

 jockeys ; and the Stewards have the task of investi- 

 gating what they come to hear in one way or another, 

 and of considering whether to renew the riding licenses. 

 The attendance of the Stewards at Messrs. Weatherby's 

 offices is constantly requested ; indeed there is always 

 pressing business demanding their attention. The 

 three Stewards of the Jockey Club are Stewards of all 

 races run at Newmarket, and are also, ex officio, 

 Stewards of Epsom, Ascot, and Goodwood ; in con- 

 junction with the Jockey Club Estate Committee they 

 have complete possession and control of the property 

 and estates of the Club, and the management of the 

 course and the training and trial grounds at New- 

 market is in their hands. There is practically no 

 appeal from them for men convicted of offences against 

 the Rules of Racing. On a few occasions the common 

 law has been invoked, but with no satisfactory result 

 to those who have thus taken measures against the 

 Club. The Stewards are frequently grumbled at for 

 what they either do or fail to do, their action having 

 very likely been influenced by excellent reasons of 



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