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-sequence been awarded to a horse which ought 

 to have been placed second. 



In addition to the important officials whose 

 duties have been briefly indicated, there are one 

 or two others employed in various capacities, as 

 money and check takers, door keepers, course 

 clearers, etc. One official must be briefly alluded 

 to, he is a self-appointed one, who is not in 

 receipt of any salary, but gets his " chance " ; 

 that official is "All right," a man who attends in the 

 weighing room, and who, when the contending 

 jockeys have been weighed in after the race, and 

 it is ascertained that no objection of any kind 

 has been offered against the winning horse, comes 

 into the paddock and shouts out the welcome 

 words "All right," to signify that those who have 

 been betting may proceed to settle accounts. 

 This most useful functionary is paid at the end 

 ■of each meeting by a voluntary subscription from 

 bookmakers and others interested in the good 

 news which he disseminates. 



The racing officials mentioned hold their 

 offices on good behaviour. No starter, judge, 

 or other functionary can afford, by an exhibition 

 of delinquency, to brave the wrath of the Jockey 

 Club. To be "warned off" Newmarket Heath 

 and all other places where the stewards of the 

 Club have power, implies professional extinction. 

 No functionary of the turf under the ban of the 

 jockey Club would find employment. What 

 being "warned off" Newmarket Heath means 

 to an owner of horses may be quoted : " When 

 a person is warned off Newmarket Heath under 

 these rules (the rules of racing), and so long as 

 his exclusion continues, he shall not be qualified 



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