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CHAPTEE X 

 a bird's-eye view 



By 1773, as we have seen, the Jockey Club had their 

 own organ (the ' Calendar ') played by their own 

 organist (Mr. James Weatherby), of whom, being 

 under their authority as the holder of several offices 

 in their gift, they were in a position to demand any 

 tune they pleased. He would in all probability take 

 his cue from the Stewards, and insert or exclude 

 whatever they thought it best for their purposes that 

 the ' Calendar ' should admit or omit. But before 

 they could make it the vehicle for the promulgation 

 of their views and the instrument for the enforcement 

 of their will over the whole area of the Turf in Great 

 Britain, they had to strengthen the weak proprietary 

 rights which belonged to them at Newmarket. 



This, whether they had any clear idea of what 

 they were about, and were carrying out a preconceived 

 and well-laid plan, or merely acted haphazard and 

 lived from hand to mouth, as it were, taking advan- 

 tage of unforeseen chances, they did in the following 

 manner. 



