ABOUT THE JOCKEY CLUB. 



Although many sketches descriptive of the 

 Jockey Club, its members and stewards, have from 

 time to time made their appearance in sporting 

 journals, no consecutive history of that institution 

 has yet been published ; and even were all the 

 dribblets of information about it which have per- 

 colated through the press added together, the 

 result would be rather bald. Till the Club itself 

 shall put forth an account of its history, or allow 

 some credible historian access to its archives with 

 the view of placing before the public a full nar- 

 rative of its origin and its ways and work, as also 

 an account of the men who originated it and those 

 who have carried it on, I despair of ever knowing 

 more of it than I do at present. Few persons, 

 indeed, other than those very intimately associated 

 with the "sport of kings," know much about the 

 interior working of what is undoubtedly the most 

 remarkable institution of our day. Nor has it 

 been given even to persons deeply interested in 

 the business of the turf to ascertain with pre- 

 cision the varied functions of the Club, or the 

 mechanism by which it moves. It would require 



