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To advert to the course, I would not forget the false 

 starts which have been so frequent of late years, be- 

 yond my old experience. These are too often ma- 

 noeuvres of jockeyship; and when that is the case, 

 they are embarrassing and unfair, and some remedy 

 is required. Suppose our Turf parliament, the Jockey 

 Club, were to enact that, three starts should be final. 

 It would be equally fair for the whole that started. 

 Would it not be practicable and useful, to accustom 

 the young stock to start together while in training I 

 So many fatal accidents have occurred at different 

 periods from the company under the influence and 

 exaltation of the animal spirits, breaking in upon 

 and crossing the course, that it is of the utmost 

 importance for the stewards of every race to appoint 

 a strict and efficient police, I recommended this 

 strongly some years since, with certain precautionary 

 measures, in the Magazine, in consequence of an ac- 

 cident which (I think) happened at Oxford. The 

 measures of racing police have been this year in 

 particular, most exemplary and efficient at Epsom, 

 the course multitudinously attended ; and as a 

 curious and most laudable example, it was stated 

 in the newspapers, that the Royal Duke of Sussex 

 and an honourable Baronet were stopped in their 

 attempt to cross the course during the race, and 

 requested to turn back, with which they complied 

 in the most affable and considerate manner. Ascot 

 is another eminent example, and these precautions, 

 considering their great importance to life and limb, 

 it may be hoped, will be followed throughout all 

 our courses. 



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