CON! EXTS. 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Page 



Jockies and Jockeyship — The Training of Jockies — The Jockies 

 of the last century — Their costume, &c. — Anecdotes of the 

 elder Chifney and of William Clift — Riding to order, an anec- 

 dote of the late Arthur Pavis and the Irishman — Prospectus for 

 a Turf Benevolent Fund — The Qualifications necessary for a 

 good Jockey — The Jockey's seat and style of riding — Anecdote 

 of John Jackson's riding for the St. Leger of 1822 — The set-to, 

 or finish of a race — The fatigues undergone by Jockies 

 • — The method of training practised by Jockies to reduce 

 their weight — The opinions of the late W. Sandiver, the sur- 

 geon of Newmarket on the training of Jockies — The most 

 famous Jockies of the present day — Samuel Chifney — James 

 Robinson — William Scott, &c., &c., Avith anecdotes of them 

 and their styles of riding, &c. — Country Jockies — Gentlemen 

 Jockies — Steeple-chase and hurdle-race riders, &c., &c. &c. . 573 



CHAPTER XVII. 



The leading characters on the Turf at the present day — Betting, 

 its evil consequences — The method of " making a Book — 

 Table of the betting on the Riddlesworth, the 2000 and 1000 gs. 

 Stakes, at Newmarket, the Derby and Oaks, the Ascot Cup 

 and the Doncaster St. Leger, for the last twenty years, show- 

 ing how often the " Field," and how often the " Favourite" 

 had won, &c. — Tattersall's — Method by which Adventurers get 

 into credit in the Betting-ring, &c., &c. . . .610 



SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER. 



Winners of Principal Stakes in the Present Year, 1840. . . 626 



Appendix. ....... 633 



