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racehorses, but those who take interest in racing as a 

 means of preserving the breed of horses, be invited to 

 become members. 



Attached to this programme were some pro- 

 posals relative to betting. It was the general 

 opinion that these betting clauses greatly pre- 

 judiced the scheme as a whole, because the 

 Jockey Club had for years specifically refused 

 to take cognisance of betting. Sir Joseph, 

 however, declined to give way to his critics, and 

 presented his ** Charter '* in its complete form 

 at the Annual Meeting of the Jockey Club held 

 at Newmarket in April 1870. He did not ask 

 for its adoption right away. His first step was 

 to propose the appointment of a committee 

 " to consider the present condition of the 

 Turf.** Lord Durham came forward as his 

 seconder. 



The opposition was led by Admiral Rous, 

 who intrmated that at the next meeting of the 

 Club the Stewards would themselves ask for a 

 committee ** to consider the present state of 

 the Turf." Mr. Caledon Alexander and Lord 

 Royston proclaimed themselves supporters of 

 the Admiral ; Mr. Henry Chaplin sided with 

 Sir Joseph Hawley. The precis of the proceed- 

 ings given in the Racing Calendar states that 

 " some members expressed their willingness to 

 support Sir J. Hawley's motion if he would 

 withdraw from it everything relating to betting. 



