JOCKEYS' EMOLUMENTS.
"Rowley Mile" declares that the positiorij of a jockey in England ia not what i§ used to be, as not only is he prohibited^ from betting, but he ia forbidden to, take* presents from, other than the owner of thej '"horse Ue ia ridin«. The presents $a$ w ere)
taado Archer and Wood In the old days were something extraordinary. The writer recollects a race of the value of £2000, with £1000 for the second horse. Sir J. Blundell Maple >vas the owner of the horsa that won the second money, and he told me he was better off than if he had won, as out of second money you do not have to pay anything; but with the winning money, the jockey .would have wanted half the stake, and there jwould be other payments as well. Owners of horses are long-suffering individuals, and this iniquity they endured for years. They have been known to be called upon, on winning a race to which thero was not a shilling of added money, to pay £50 for police expenses, and the same for the }udge, to say nothing of a few dozen of champagne for the officials.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 31
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198JOCKEYS' EMOLUMENTS. Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 31
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