contrast to the spider-like form and emaciated figure of a

Newmarket jockey.



Qui studet optatam cursu contingere metam,

Multa tulit, fecitque puer, SUDAVAT et alsit.



'Who in a race would reach the long'd-for goal,

Must suffer much, do much, in youth, indeed,



Must SWEAT and fag.'

This is literally true respecting the English jockey, whose



attenuated form is accounted for in the following dialogue in an

old work entitled 'Newmarket, or an Essay on the Turf,' 1771.



'Stop, stop, OLD GENTLEMAN! I desire to speak a word to you; pray

which is the way to----.'



'I beg, sir, you will not interrupt me. I am a Newmarket

jockey--am to ride in a few days a match, upon which there is a



great deal depending, and I am now PREPARING.'

'Oh, I see now, you are a YOUNG man, instead of that old one for



whom I mistook you by your wrappings; but pray, explain.'

'Why, your Honour must know that we jockeys, in order to bring



ourselves down to the weight required for the horses we are to

ride, sweat under a load of flannel wrapped about us beneath



coats and great coats, and walk two or three miles in the heat of

summer, till we are ready to faint under our burden.'



'Indeed! Why, you go through a deal!'

'Ah, sir, a great deal indeed! Why, we sometimes lie hours and



hours between two feather-beds--to melt away our extraordinary

weight.'



'But will you give me leave to examine your present dress? Hum!

Two flannel waistcoats, a thick cloth coat, a Bath surtout! It



is a vast weight to carry this warm weather. I only hope you

won't sink under it.'



'Never fear, sir, I do not doubt but I shall do very well.'

The rewards of victory" target="_blank" title="n.胜利，战胜">victory were as plain and simple in the Grecian



games as they were distinguishing and honourable. A garland of

palm, or laurel, or parsley, or pine leaves, served to adorn the



brow of the fortunatevictor, whilst his name stood a chance of

being transmitted to posterity in the strains of some lofty



Pindar. The rewards of modern days are indeed more substantial

and solid, being paid in weighty gold or its equivalent, no



matter whether obtained by the ruin of others, while the fleet

coursers and their exulting proprietors stand conspicuous in the



list of the Racing Calendar. The ingenious and ironical author

of 'Newmarket, or an Essay on the Turf,' in the year 1771,



bestowed the following titles and honours on the most famous

horse of the day--Kelly's Eclipse:--'Duke of Newmarket, Marquis



of Barnet, Earl of Epsom and York, Viscount Canterbury, Baron

Eclipse of Mellay; Lord of Lewes, Salisbury, Ipswich, and



Northampton; Comptroller-General of the race-grounds, and Premier

Racer of All England.' To bear coat of arms--'A Pegasus argent



on a field verd;--the supporters--two Englishmen in ermined robes

and ducal coronets;--the crest--a purse, Or;--the motto--"Volat



ocior Euro." '[75]

[75] 'He flies swifter than the east wind.'



Again, in the exhibition of those useful and honourable Olympic

pastimes of old, the cause of morality was not overlooked:--there



was in them a happy union of utility, pleasure, and virtue. A

spotless life and unblameable manners, a purity of descent by



being born in wedlock through several generations, and a series

of creditable relations, were indispensable qualifications of a



candidate on the Olympic turf. It is true, there is at least as

much attention paid to purity and faultlessness on the plains of



Newmarket; but the application is to the blood and pedigree of

the horse, not of his rider.



Nay, it was, and is, notorious that the word 'jockey' has

acquired the meaning of 'to trick,' 'to cheat,' as appears in all



our dictionaries and in common parlance. What is the inference

from this but that the winning of races is no absolute proof of



the superiority of the horse--for whose improvement racing is

said to be encouraged; but rather the result of a secret



combination of expedients or arrangements--in a word, jockeying,

that is, cheating, tricking. The only 'moral' character required



in the jockey is the determination to do whatsoever may be agreed

upon or determined by those who are willing and able to give 'a



consideration' for the convenient accommodation.

But it is, or was, the associations, the inevitable concomitants,



of the turf and racing that stamp it, not only as something

questionable, but as a bane and infamy to the nation; and if

• honourable [´ɔnərəbəl] a.荣誉的；正直的 (初中英语单词)


• celebrated [´selibreitid] a.著名的 (初中英语单词)


• previous [´pri:viəs] a.先，前，以前的 (初中英语单词)


• account [ə´kaunt] vi.说明 vt.认为 n.帐目 (初中英语单词)


• suspicion [sə´spiʃən] n.怀(猜)疑；嫌疑 (初中英语单词)


• messenger [´mesindʒə] n.使者；送信人 (初中英语单词)


• immense [i´mens] a.广大的，无限的 (初中英语单词)


• beaten [´bi:tn] beat 的过去分词 (初中英语单词)


• amount [ə´maunt] n.总数；数量 v.合计 (初中英语单词)


• advanced [əd´vɑ:nst] a.先进的；高级的 (初中英语单词)


• deadly [´dedli] a.致命的 ad.死一般地 (初中英语单词)


• sympathy [´simpəθi] n.同情，怜悯 (初中英语单词)


• establishment [i´stæbliʃmənt] n.建(成)立；研究所 (初中英语单词)


• victim [´viktim] n.牺牲者；受害者 (初中英语单词)


• exhibit [ig´zibit] vt.展出 n.展览品 (初中英语单词)


• interrupt [,intə´rʌpt] v.中断；打扰 (初中英语单词)


• victory [´viktəri] n.胜利，战胜 (初中英语单词)


• fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət] a.幸运的，侥幸的 (初中英语单词)


• virtue [´və:tʃu:] n.美德；贞操；长处 (初中英语单词)


• purity [´pjuəriti] n.纯净；贞洁 (初中英语单词)


• application [,æpli´keiʃən] n.申请；申请书；应用 (初中英语单词)


• absolute [´æbsəlu:t] a.绝对的 n.绝对 (初中英语单词)


• improvement [im´pru:vmənt] n.改进，改善，进步 (初中英语单词)


• character [´kæriktə] n.特性；性质；人物；字 (初中英语单词)


• willing [´wiliŋ] a.情愿的，乐意的 (初中英语单词)


• convenient [kən´vi:niənt] a.方便的 (初中英语单词)


• colonel [´kə:nəl] n.海(陆)军上校 (高中英语单词)


• distinguished [di´stiŋgwiʃt] a.卓越的，著名的 (高中英语单词)


• apparently [ə´pærəntli] ad.显然，表面上地 (高中英语单词)


• amusing [ə´mju:ziŋ] a.有趣的 (高中英语单词)


• serpent [´sə:pənt] n.大毒蛇；阴险的人 (高中英语单词)


• marquis [´mɑ:kwis] n.侯爵 (高中英语单词)


• whilst [wailst] conj.当…时候；虽然 (高中英语单词)


• sturdy [´stə:di] a.坚强的；坚定的 (高中英语单词)


• literally [´litərəli] ad.逐字地；实际上 (高中英语单词)


• garland [´gɑ:lənd] n.花环 vt.给带花环 (高中英语单词)


• laurel [´lɔrəl] n.月桂树(叶)；桂冠 (高中英语单词)


• posterity [pɔ´steriti] n.子孙；后代 (高中英语单词)


• equivalent [i´kwivələnt] a.相等的 n.同等物 (高中英语单词)


• conspicuous [kən´spikjuəs] a.显著的；出众的 (高中英语单词)


• calendar [´kælində] n.日历；月历；历法 (高中英语单词)


• ingenious [in´dʒi:niəs] a.富于创新的；巧妙的 (高中英语单词)


• exhibition [eksi´biʃ(ə)n] n.展览；显示；表演 (高中英语单词)


• descent [di´sent] n.出身，家世 (高中英语单词)


• indispensable [,indi´spensəbəl] a.绝对必要的 (高中英语单词)


• determination [di,tə:mi´neiʃən] n.决心；决定 (高中英语单词)


• inevitable [i´nevitəbəl] a.不可避免的 (高中英语单词)


• metropolis [mi´trɔpəlis] n.首都；大城市 (英语四级单词)


• winning [´winiŋ] n.&a.胜利(的) (英语四级单词)


• subscription [səb´skripʃən] n.预订；预约；捐款 (英语四级单词)


• forfeit [´fɔ:fit] n.罚金 a.丧失了的 (英语四级单词)


• speedily [´spi:dili] ad.迅速地 (英语四级单词)


• ancestral [æn´sestrəl] a.祖先的；祖传的 (英语四级单词)


• considering [kən´sidəriŋ] prep.就…而论 (英语四级单词)


• flannel [´flænl] n.法兰绒 (英语四级单词)


• parsley [´pɑ:sli] n.欧芹 (英语四级单词)


• victor [´viktə] n.&a.胜利者(的) (英语四级单词)


• morality [mə´ræliti] n.道德；教训；伦理学 (英语四级单词)


• utility [ju:´tiliti] n.有用 a.有各种用途的 (英语四级单词)


• notorious [nəu´tɔ:riəs] a.臭名昭著的 (英语四级单词)


• superiority [su:piəri´ɔriti, sju:-] n.优越，卓越 (英语四级单词)


• whatsoever [,wɔtsəu´evə] (强势语)=whatever (英语四级单词)


• accession [ək´seʃən] n.就职；增加；接近 (英语六级单词)


• liking [´laikiŋ] n.爱好；嗜好；喜欢 (英语六级单词)


• beating [´bi:tiŋ] n.敲；搅打；失败 (英语六级单词)


• unspeakable [ʌn´spi:kəbl] a.不能以言语表达的 (英语六级单词)


• withheld [wið´held] withhold过去式(分词) (英语六级单词)


• respecting [ri´spektiŋ] prep.由于；鉴于 (英语六级单词)