GENTLEMEN RIDERS.
TO THE l-D-TOR. Sn_, —I sec that the > committee of the C.J.C. have recommended what they term a definition of an amateur rider. Asa matter of fact there are several "definitions," but it would be more correct to say regulations. One of these is certainly rather startling, as if passed it will onabie any steward at a race meeting to call upon any of the young fellows who are riding to show that they have independent means of their own, for that, I presume, is what is meant by the words usod, which are:—"That the stewards shall have power at any time to call on any person who rid.s as an amateur to show that bis financial position is such as to enable him to ride as an amateur." The wording is very ambiguouß, and it would bo as well if tho committee cleared up the point, and would distinctly say what they mean. Do they mean that a gentleman rider must show that lie is possessed of an independent income? If so, what is the amovint of income which, in the opinion of the committee, is required to enable a man to ride as an amateur? I think the latter is a puzzler.—Yours, &c, An Old Amateur.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9521, 14 September 1896, Page 2
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