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proceed to describe his proper seat on a race- 

 horse, and the method of horsemanship, which 



merit, to be nominated annually by the Stewards of the Jockey Club, 

 or chosen from the voluntary subscribers, for the following objects. 



" In relieving the wants of jockies of unimpeachable character for 

 integrity, reduced to destitution. 



" In relieving the wants of the helpless widows and children or 

 parents of jockies, left destitute, or in educating and apprenticing 

 such children. 



" In rewarding, annually, by prizes in medals, or otherwise, par- 

 ticular instances of science and skill in race-riding, or of general meri- 

 torious conduct. 



" No jockey, nor his family, to have any benefit from the fund, 

 who shall not have continued, while able to do so, a subscriber to the 

 fund, of 10s. per annum, and also consenting, in all cases, to the 

 following regulations, as far as they apply to him. 



" First. — That every owner of a horse winning any stake of the 

 value of £50 or less, shall pay 10s. to the fund; exceeding £50, but 

 not exceeding £100, £1 to the fund; exceeding £100, and not ex- 

 ceeding £200, £2 to the fund ; exceeding £200, and not exceeding 

 £1000, £5 to the fund ; and above £1000, £10 to the fund. 



" Second. — Every jockey winning a race, shall pay Is. to the 

 fund. 



" Besides the humane acts which it would be in the power of the 

 institution to perform, the mode of gathering the funds, and the 

 terms on which alone they can be distributed, would certainly lead 

 to raise the character of the jockey. 



" In obtaining the funds by the means stated, a spirit of careful- 

 ness and of charity will be always kept aUve ; and to win a race, will 

 afford additional pleasure and excitement. Better nerve, also, will 

 be possessed by the jockey, from the consciousness that, if tempo- 

 rarily injured by an accident, he will be taken care of by the fund, if 

 he be without means, until he has recovered. 



" The provision, likewise, that assistance can be afforded only to 

 the jockey of unblemished character, would have the best ten- 

 dency in keeping jockeys strictly honest, and worthy of the high 

 confidence which is necessarily placed in them." 



