576 HISTORY OF THE 



Jewison, Old Christopher, John Pratt,* Charles 

 Dawson, John Lazenby, Peter Jackson, Michael 

 Mason, Richard Foster, Tesseyman, Thomas Jack- 

 son, John Korton, Old Wheatly, South, John 

 Prince, John Mangle, f William Waugh, John 

 Watson, John Singleton, John Oakley, (the rider 

 of the famous Eclipse) , John Arnull, Dennis Fitz- 

 patrick, Buckle, Old Sam Chifney, Old CUft, &c. 



The life of a jockey being one of almost con- 

 tinued hardship, privation and danger, it is not to 

 be wondered at that men are rather impelled to 

 adopt this calling from the force of circumstances 

 than as a matter of choice. We find, accordingly, 

 that these men, as indeed is still the case with 

 nearly all those of the present day, began life as 

 stable-boys ; from which (the lowest round in 

 fortune's ladder), they raised themselves by per- 

 sonal fitness, and by acquiring the necessary skill, 

 to the highest point of their ambition, viz. : that 

 of a first-rate Newmarket, or northern jockey. 



This being the case, refinement of manners, of 

 course, formed no part of their creed, and many 



* This famous jockey is said to have ridden eleven races over the 

 Beacon Course in one day ; making with the distance he must have 

 ridden on his hack, at least eighty-eight miles in the saddle. There 

 is a fine portrait of this rider, mounted on the well-known little horse, 

 Gimcrack, painted by Stubbs. 



t John Mangle, nick-named " Crying Jackey," from his not un- 

 frequent custom of shedding tears when beaten in a race. 



