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over their lences. Personally, 1 cannot stand a 

 "diver." 



To be successful in horse-dealing a man, amongst 

 other requisites, must have a large capital if he is 

 trading on a big scale, and he must be able to give 

 unlimited credit. On one occasion when I was 

 having luncheon with Bob at his club he was 

 called away. On returning, he showed me a 

 ;^5000 cheque, saying: "That's about one-third 

 of what is due from Mr ." 



I have remarked that Chapman was a bad judge 

 of a horse till he was on its back. The opposite 

 was the case, however, in regard to the late Mr 

 James Daly of Liffey Bank, Dublin, a most suc- 

 cessful Irish dealer. For the greater part of his 

 life he never mounted a horse, but he was a 

 wonderful judge "on the ground." At one time 

 he had the great Cloister in his possession, and he 

 used to say that a more careless and worse hack 

 than Cloister could not be found. Even with a 

 man on his back when going to exercise, there was 

 another man to lead him until he got on the grass 

 in Phoenix Park close by. I am no believer in the 

 old maxim that a horse that walks well will gallop 

 well. A friend of mine bred a horse called Barney 

 III. who amonost other races won the Scottish 

 Grand National. He was a brilliant hunter once 

 you got him to the meet. So often had this horse 



