JOCKEY, in the present universal acceptation of the word with the superior classes of society, as well as the sporting world at large, is applied merely to the RIDERS of RUNNING HORSES; upon the prevailing superiority of whose speed, and the _untainted_ integrity of the JOCKIES who are _entrusted_ to _regulate_ that SPEED, immense sums annually depend. Where so much unlimited confidence is reposed, it is almost natural to conclude, an adequate integrity would be insured. TIME, that unerring monitor, and invariable criterion of truth, has long since demonstrated the fallacy of such philosophic and philanthropic expectation: the depravity of human nature has so repeatedly rendered the experiment abortive, that numbers, upon the stroke of _whose whip_, or the regulation of _whose rein_, thousands upon thousands were frequently depending, have finished the career of life, without a _garment_, without a _shilling_, without the common necessaries of life, and without one friendly finger of commiseration to close the eye of contrite misery, at the tremendous moment of passing that "bourne from whence no traveller returns;" while many other professors of the _same art_ die possessed of an immensity of property. Whether one has been more fortunate than another in always being on the _right_ side, or more fortunate in escaping _detection_, it is not the privilege or intent of these pages to explore; suffice it, therefore, to observe, that the HONOR, PROBITY, and personal INTEGRITY of a JOCKEY, should, like the VIRTUE of a WOMAN, be not only pure, but unsuspected. Although it is well known large fortunes have been acquired by some individuals _intimately_ and _secretly_ connected with the turf and its dependencies, yet it is not likely that JOCKIES, and their numerous _emissaries_, should accumulate wealth, unless a very considerable proportion of _certainty_ was invariably annexed to the speculation. See HORSE RACING, TURF, and TRAINING. JOCKEY CLUB—is a sporting establishment of the higher order, originally instituted, and still held, at NEWMARKET, composed of noblemen, gentlemen, and the most distinguished sporting characters in the kingdom, who are elected by ballot, for the better exclusion of such as may be thought improper persons to be admitted members of so honorable and eminent a society. The Jockey Club, in their collective capacity, are considered the only supreme court to which any SPORTING APPEAL can be made; and their award or decision is abided by as _final_, whenever solicited. All transactions within the official departments of the STEWARDS, the Keeper of the Match Book, the Judge, and every subordinate, is regulated by a system of invariable punctuality, equal to the first offices in the State; in confirmation of which, the following are introduced as well worthy of being known and admired (for the equity of their adoption) in every part of the world. RULES AND ORDERS.