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dress is a becoming and proper one. Who has not seen'a superb animal, 

 the very type and pride of beauty, arching his glossy neck, and tossing 

 his spirited head on high, before the eyes of an admiring crowd, 

 mounted by a little dirty specimen of humanity, in his shirt sleeves, rag- 

 ged trowsers and shoeless feet. These liveries of a young country are 

 rarely to be met with, it is true, now-a days ; yet they will, from time 

 to time, be seen, unless some measure be adopted by common consent 

 of all our clubs throughout the country, to banish them from onr courses. 

 We propose that the dress of the English Jockey be adopted. Can any 

 thing be more appropriate, more beautiful, than his silk jacket and cap, 

 his buckskin breeches, fitting snugly to the thigh and knee, with a neat 

 and light top boot completing the outfit ? 



It is a standing rule in England, that no person shall be qualified to 

 mount at any race course, unless dressed in this way. If the leading 

 (itubs in this country would but pass a similar law, we venture to say, it 

 would, in a short time, be a very popular rule, universally adopted, not 

 only for 'the additional good appearance it would impart to our races, 

 but for the comfort and security it would afford to our Jockies. 



We have another improvement to notice in the regulation of our 

 Club. An officer is appointed, whose oflSce it is to start the horses. The 

 experiment was tried at our last races, and worked admirably. By its 

 being made the business of one individual, the grooms and riders become 

 known to him, and he to them ; so that by a very little previous under- 

 standing, the horses are brought up, and got oft" without any of that 

 confusion and delay, which the uninitiated may think almost inseparable 

 from such an undertaking. Practice in this, as in every thing else, makes 

 perfect. A fair start can certainly be made by one, who has a quick eye, 

 good head, can keep cool and collected, and is willing to give a proper 

 attention to it. 



It was — 



Resolved^ in future, That the Handicap Race on Saturday, instead of 

 consisting of the Gate Money, as heretofore, be fixed at the specific 

 sum of 1600. 



1846. — Wednesday, Feb. 18.— Jockey Club Purse, $1,000.— Free for 

 all ages, weight for age. 



W. M Myers' b. c. Childe Harold, 3 yrs., by Sovereign, out of Ma- 

 ria West, (Chisolm,) 11 



Pressly Shroyer's eh. g. Jerry Lancaster, 5 yrs , by Mark Moore, 



damby Gobanna, 3 2 



W.ade Hampton's b. m Sally Morgan, 6 yrs., by imp. Emancipa- 

 tion, out of Lady Morgan 2 3 



Time— 1st heat, 8 m. 3^ sec; 2d heat, 8 m. ]4 sec. Childe Harold is 



