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by Ithuriel, Flatman up, the betting being 6 to 5 

 on Red Deer. The week afterwards the two horses 

 met again at Goodwood, when Sam Rogers went 

 the wrong course, though he had so frequently 

 ridden over it, and was cautioned by Nat that he 

 was "going wrong." Even then Lord George con- 

 tinued to support him through that week, and 

 through the following one at Brighton. 



The punishment inflicted on Sam Rogers was 

 prolonged for three years, on the expiration of 

 which Lord George, being then senior Steward of 

 the Jockey Club, invited the favourable considera- 

 tion of his brother members to a measure which he 

 brought forward in the July meeting of 1847, by 

 proposing that the sentence passed on Sam Rogers 

 and other jockeys should forthwith be remitted. 

 His Lordship added that Rogers had been repre- 

 sented to him as having conducted himself well 

 and discreetly since the infliction upon him of the 

 severe punishment which he had incurred in 1844. 

 It was resolved, therefore, nemine contradicente, 

 that, " upon the recommendation of the Stewards, 

 the sentences passed in 1844 and 1845 upon Sam- 

 uel Rogers and others, excepting John Braham, 

 shall now be remitted, and that they be allowed 

 to come on the course, and to ride and train 

 at Newmarket as formerly." In addition, the 

 Stewards expressed their sincere hope " that the 

 punishment these delinquents have received may 

 be a warning to them which they will never forget, 



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