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century, at least, partially ; for we must admit that 

 many noblemen and gentlemen continued the 

 old practice of employing their grooms for a con- 

 siderable period. The first mention we find of re- 

 gular jockies is, in the description of the well- 

 known match between Merlin and a favourite 

 horse of Old Frampton's, which took place about 

 the year 1720, which we have before noticed. 

 The jockies who figured on this occasion were 

 " one Hesletine, of Newmarket, and Jerome Hare, 

 of Cold-Kirby, near Hambleton." Of these jockies 

 little is known to us but their names, and that 

 little we have given in the previous part of this 

 work. It proves that they would have been 

 deemed regular " barbarians" by the " satin 

 jacketed gentlemen" of the present day. Their 

 system of riding was noted for its cruelty in the 

 administration of punishment ; a practice now 

 happily almost exploded ; and as the races in 

 those days were run over long distances, strength 

 was probably more prized than skill in the old 

 jockies, at least those who figured previous to the 

 time of the elder Chifney, Buckle, Fitzpatrick, 

 &c. 



Of these ancient worthies of the saddle, the 

 principal whose names have reached our times are, 

 John Crofts, James Cranburn, Stephen Jefferson, 

 Thomas Dean, Thomas Pattison, John South, 

 Edward Bambrough, Match'em Tims, Leonard 



