14 MR. HENRY PAD WICK 



rich uncle to oblige him with a temporary loan of 1,000 

 a request readily assented to. With a deep ulterior 

 motive, the money was promptly repaid, with thanks. 

 The nephew concluded he had hit upon a veritable gold- 

 mine. The ready compliance with the first request ; the 

 straightforward repayment of the advance gave assur- 

 ance doubly sure that the dear generous old uncle could 

 deny the nephew nothing. So a second application was 

 confidently made, this time for the loan of a couple of 

 thousand. To the nephew's great astonishment the 

 request met with a flat refusal. 



' No,' said the uncle; ' you deceived me.' 



' How ?' answered the nephew hastily. ' I repaid you 

 punctually.' 



' Yes, indeed,' retorted the other ; ' but I never ex- 

 pected you would.' 



One word more concerning the sale of Alvediston, 

 which horse had been called after the place where I 

 was living. The sale was duly set forth in the local 

 paper, and a Mr. H. Parham, a farmer in the neighbour- 

 hood, wrote to me and inquired, ' if I did not want to 

 farm it myself, would I be good enough to ask Mr. 

 Padwick if he would give him the offer of it to rent ?' 

 I need not say Mr. Parham was not a racing man. 



Of other dealings direct or indirect with Mr. Padwick, 

 I call to mind the following : On the occasion of his 

 purchase of Lord Exeter's stud by private contract, the 

 horses were resold by public auction, or in other ways. 

 One of them, Blue Hock, I bought as a yearling for ten 

 guineas at Tattersall's. He proved a good investment, 

 winning the Great Eastern Handicap, the Cup at 

 Shrewsbury, and other races. The then Lord Anglesey 

 was also fortunate in buying at the same time and place 

 the Flying Duchess, which, after winning a nice stake 



