822 THE JOCKEY CLUB 1835- 



with Lord Anglesey, Lord W. Powlett, Sir E. W. 

 Bulkeley, and Captain Douglas Lane, all members or 

 soon to be members of the Jockey Club, and when 

 the race was won by Vengeance (which must have 

 recalled memories of the Eugeley poisoner, William 

 Palmer), with Pole Star (which was eloquent of 

 Palmer's victim, Mr. J. P. Cooke) second, and 

 December (belonging to the W. Day who had been 

 ' warned off ' in consequence of the ' Old England ' 

 affair) third. If poverty makes strange bed-fellows, 

 so does betting make strange associates. If it were 

 not for the betting, Messrs. Adkins and Co. would 

 not find it worth their while to run horses, and the 

 ' noblemen and gentlemen ' would not find it worth 

 while to tolerate such gentry if they did. 



In 1858, under the auspices of the Club, there 

 came into operation a 'reg'lar new fit-out o' Rules,' 

 of which that which has given rise to most contro- 

 versy, and which (though not precisely in the same 

 words) remains in force to the present day, decrees 

 that : * All nominations are void by the death of the sub- 

 scriber ; ' a rule enforced in scarcely any, if any, other 

 country. It evidently grew out of the old rule in 

 1 Pond,' that : ' Matches and bets are void on the 

 decease of either party before the match or bet is 

 determined.' But there is no need to point out how 

 different is the case when matches have almost become 

 obsolete, and sweepstakes, etc., for which horses are 

 entered two or three years before determination, are 



