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most heedless extravagance. We would, there- 

 fore, add to the above list, the important item of 

 economy, the practice of which will not only, by 

 rendering him independent, place him beyond the 

 temptation of bribery, but secure him against 

 want, should an accident ever incapacitate him 

 trom pursuing his profession, or when old age shall 

 oblige him to retire from the turf. 



We are sorry to be obliged to say that this 

 caution is by no means uncalled for ; for it is a well 

 known fact, that more than one of our leading 

 jockies of the present day, in receipt of large 

 incomes from their profession, live in a style as 

 imprudent as it is out of character, and which 

 renders putting by a provision for a '* rainy day," 

 or against old age, quite out of the question. The 

 melancholy fate of his father did not act as a 

 sufficient warning to the no less talented son, the 

 present Samuel Chifney, in this respect ; and we 

 grieve to say, he has paid dearly for placing too little 

 value on monev.* 



* While the march of philanthropy has ditfused the blessings of 

 peace and comfort to the ill-favoiired of fortune, in almost every pro- 

 fession and caUing followed in this great empire, it appears more tlian 

 strange that the just claim of a most meritorious class, should so long 

 have been overlooked. It is true that, towards the end of the year 

 1837, the proprietor of the Hippodrome endeavoured to form an insti- 

 tution for the relief of decayed jockeys, and even issued circulars 

 and prospectuses ; but from what reason we have never been able to 

 learn, the matter fell to the ground. Should this attempt, however, 

 be revived with pro|)er spirit, and tlie support of some of the lead- 



