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Street, and it would never do to let it be known 

 that his son is on the turf." 



" And Jones ; how comes he to sail under 

 false colours ? " 



"Well, you see, his father is an ecclesiastical 

 tailor, a purveyor of robes to the clergy, and 

 likes the sport ; but for obvious reasons does not 

 appear himself as a racing man, and so young 

 Mr, Chasuble is *on the turf as Mr. Harry 

 Jones." 



" Just so. And Robinson — who is he ?" 



" Robinson is said to be a wholesale dealer in 

 decayed horses." 



There are, it may go without saying, many 

 persons engaged in racing whom the turf would 

 be better without, and it has been hinted " that 

 in times past" a few of these gentry could ring 

 the changes of racing in such a way as to render 

 the game highly profitable. But it is not " times 

 past " that have to be dealt with, although there 

 is no security that the malpractices of former 

 periods are not features of the racing of to-day. 

 With one class of persons who assume names the 

 turf could well dispense. It is not a little remark- 

 able that the Jockey Club tolerate men on the 

 turf who try to conceal their identity under 

 assumed names. 



A matter of turf reform that may be com- 

 mented upon here is the irritating delay which 

 occasionally takes place, especially at Tattersall's, 

 before judgments can be obtained in affairs which 

 are in dispute. The Maskelyne case may be 

 cited as an example, not on its merits, however, 

 but because of the fact that although the St. 

 Leger was run in September, the decision against 



