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made to successful riders, few of those who are un- 

 acquainted with the routine of turf hfe have the least 

 idea of their number and value. It becomes a sort of 

 instinct with many who unexpectedly obtain a big 

 sum of money to give a portion of it away. Numerous 

 instances could easily be cited in proof of the fact. 

 Whtni a man by risking a ten-pound note finds him- 

 self in possession of three or four hundred pounds, 

 lus sense of gratitude becomes excited, and he at once 

 hands to the jockey who has been in the greatest 

 degree the instrument of his good fortune a five, ten, 

 or twenty pound note, according to the depth of his 

 feeling on the occasion. 



There are, of course, hundreds of hardened tiu'f 

 men who never bestow one thought either on the 

 horse or its rider ; they bag their winnings or pay 

 their losings, and say nothiug to anyone about them. 

 The presents in hard cash, and in jewels and other 

 valuables, which are made to jockeys by persons who, 

 through their exertions, have won considerable sums 

 of money, are really remarkable both for their number 

 and value. Only the other day, so to speak, a jockey, 

 who was unfortunately killed at Liverpool, received 

 over £3,000 from only two persons as a recognition of 

 his success in winning a certain great handicap. A 

 lad who a few years ago unexpectedly won an im- 

 portant race found himself all at once a favoured 

 child of fortune. The horse he rode, although at one 

 time a favourite, had been driven back in the betting 

 to a very long price, so much so that all who had 

 backed it looked upon their money as having bei^n 

 thrown away. Their delight at the ultimate success 



