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and the evidence of the jockey, most fairly given, to 

 the effect that ' private business of a delicate nature 

 required his personal attendance at his private resi- 

 dence in the suburbs of London,' at once settled the 

 case in his favour. The effect has been good ; for no 

 further offence on the part of an owner in attempt- 

 ing to ' carpet ' his jockey has occurred since last 

 November. 



I trust in what I have said I have not, in the 

 warmth of discussion, too severely criticized the 

 sayings and doings of the veterans of the old and 

 effete school, who in their da} 7 had many warm friends 

 and sincere admirers. Nay, I must allow that there 

 are some living who still speak of their virtues 

 and talents in terms of high praise. Nor on the 

 other hand will it, I hope, be thought that in my 

 desire to do justice to the merits of the great men of 

 the present day, I have written euphemistically of 

 their high qualities, or have courted their favour — a 

 course which would be distasteful, I am sure, to 

 a body at once so enlightened and fearless of the 

 world's opinion. Of myself individually, I have not 

 said a word directly or indirectly. As one of the 

 body I must stand or fall, excused or accused, by their 

 unbiased verdict. I have ventured to show the dif- 

 ferences existing between the old and the new schools 

 by stating unvarnished facts ; and the difference is 

 so palpably manifest as to make any comparison, as 

 Dogberry has it, ' odorous.' 



