by T. Rowlandson.--A scene on a racecourse; the race-horses, led round
to be saddled, are seen in the background. A smart young jockey, with
his saddle strapped across his own back, and whip in hand, in readiness
to begin the race, is receiving the parting instructions of a wily
old turfite, who wears a cocked hat, a pigtail, a triple-caped coat,
top-boots and spurs. This shrewd trickster is evidently giving his
rider certain secret instructions which he would probably not like to
hear published abroad on his own authority. The subject of this satire,
together with the scandals about the Prince of Wales's horse _Escape_
and his jockey, prove that even in the early days of the Turf its
reputation was not immaculate nor its patrons above suspicion.