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it undoubtedly had exercised for a time was, from 

 some mysterious cause, quite played out, and had 

 even become detrimental, for the immediate produce 

 of ' Arabians ' were ' allowed 3 lb.' 



The name of the Duke of Gloucester is placed in 

 a bracket, because no unimpeachable proof of his 

 membership is forthcoming. Certainly he is included 

 among the personages abused in a scurrilous publica- 

 tion (of which more hereafter) called ' The Jockey 

 Club' (published about 1790) ; but the author of that 

 work (who had himself been a member of the Jockey 

 Club, and should therefore have been well-informed), 

 by his own confession includes among the personages 

 whom he abuses some who, though their rank and 

 other qualifications fitted them for membership, were 

 not actually members of the Club. On the other 

 hand, he sometimes mentions (and we may therefore 

 conclude that he would generally mention) the fact, 

 when he has taken this little liberty ; so that there 

 is, at any rate, a fair probability of the Duke of 

 Gloucester's real membership. 



The name of the Duke of York (Edward Augustus, 

 born 1739, died 1767, brother of George the Third) 

 is placed in a bracket because there is no actual 

 proof that he was a member of the Club, but it 

 is extremely probable that he was, because Boswell 

 dedicates to him ' The Cub at Newmarket,' which 

 looks very much as if the Duke had some personal 

 connection with the Jockey Club. As the Duke was 



