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another in 1876, and yet another — the present ela- 

 borate and voluminous ' fit out ' — in 1890. Their own 

 ( Eules and Orders ' for home use — that is, applicable 

 to Newmarket only — have been published in a col- 

 lected body, almost annually, since the dynasty of 

 Weather by began to rule over the ' Calendar,' with 

 an occasional ' new fit out ' beginning from 1828, and 

 repeated in 1858, 1876, and 1890. The most import- 

 ant alteration, as regards the public, in these latter 

 was when in 1842 it was announced that ' the Jockey 

 Club and the Stewards thereof will henceforth take 

 no cognisance of any dispute or claims in respect to 

 bets.' This, of course, saved them a great deal of 

 trouble and unpleasantness, which was transferred to 

 the Committees of Tattersall's and of the Subscrip- 

 tion Eooms at Newmarket (the Committees, however, 

 consisting largely of members of the Jockey Club) ; 

 but it does not at all mean, as it is often represented 

 to mean, that the Club ' ignores betting ' : it only 

 means that the Club waits for an official report from 

 the Committee of Tattersall's or of the Subscription 

 Rooms at Newmarket before proceeding against de- 

 faulters for bets, thus shirking the painful duty of 

 taking the initiative against such members of the 

 Club or of the Eooms as (like Lord Foley in the very 

 old times and the Marquess of Hastings more recently) 

 may be notoriously in default, but, for some reason 

 or other, may not be reported by the aforesaid Com- 

 mittees. Up to 1842, however, it is not too much to 



