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orgies, the bacchanalian feats, the profligacy of other 

 times have vanished. This is specially the case on 

 the turf. ' Circumstances alter cases ' is an aphorism 

 that will apply to nothing more strictly than to the 

 late or early hours of rising in the past and present 

 days of racing. Locke himself, who laboured much, 

 was of opinion that all men must have seasons of 

 substantial repose, and more than is indulged in by 

 many that are not thought to be over-industrious. 

 In confirmation of this we have the old adage, ' All 

 work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' Time, 

 philosophers say, should be divided into three equal 

 parts — for sleep, for recreation, and application to 

 study ; whilst others say, ' Six hours' rest for a man, 

 seven for a woman, and eight for a fool,' leaving the 

 inference to be deduced from such a conclusion that 

 the remainder should be divided between pleasure 

 and work. But it is not so much with the number of 

 hours allotted to repose, as with the proper period at 

 which it is taken. In old times jockeys and trainers 

 indulged in unnecessarily late hours, to the detriment 

 of their bodily health and the abuse of their morals. 

 It is true that hours equally as late, or even later, are 

 the fashion now. But it is just here that the case is 

 altered by its surroundings. Under their present 

 wiser system, jockeys and trainers have from five 

 o'clock in the evening to nine o'clock the next 

 morning to themselves. By the institution of the 

 fashionable late dinner they wisely get through two 



