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black balls excluding. The rule for the election of 

 members of the Coffee-room dates from 1767, when a 

 Mr. Brereton made himself unpleasant, and it was 

 resolved that nobody should be admitted but on the 

 proposal of a member of the Jockey Club and after a 

 ballot ; and when the New Eooms were added there was 

 a similar rule for admission to them. So that, after a 

 while, membership of the Jockey Club Eooms by no 

 means meant membership of the Jockey Club. 



