122 MR. PARKER 



whilst running, was little larger. Mr. Parker had few 

 horses then. In fact, he never had a large stud scarcely 

 more than half a dozen at a time. The following are 

 the names of some of his horses : Teddy, Aldford, 

 Grosvenor, Cardinal Wiseman, Cedric, Sutherland, Tame 

 Deer, Noisy, One Act, Joe Miller, and Avenger. 



One Act, originally the Extravaganza filly, and thus 

 neatly named, I bought at Mr. Johnstone's sale at 

 Doncaster for 300 guineas, as the joint property of 

 Messrs. Parker, Farrance, and myself. She was low 

 and long, with plenty of substance, but stood rather 

 upright in her forelegs, in which she gave way after 

 winning the Chester Cup. One Act and Joe Miller were 

 the two most successful horses Mr. Parker ever owned, 

 either in part or wholly ; and their victories in his native 

 county, in the race of the meeting the Chester Cup 

 where he was on both occasions surrounded by friends 

 and neighbours, considerably heightened his delight at 

 his success, independently of the fact of winning a large 

 stake on each horse. 



In One Act we soon knew we had a treasure ; al- 

 though, from circumstances now to be related, we had 

 not the opportunity of winning all the races that we 

 might have won, had we been more favoured with luck. 

 She stayed well, and, as a two-year-old, was tried with 

 the three-year-old Sultan, at 22 lb., a mile and a dis- 

 tance, and beat him. This would have made her, as 

 a two-year-old, the winner of the Cambridgeshire at 

 5 st. 12 lb. So, when the handicaps for next year came 

 out, with the mare in the Chester Cup at 4 st. 3 lb., 

 which would be like putting Sultan in as a four-year-old 

 at 6 st., it not only looked a good thing, but made the 

 race our own on paper. She was entered in all five 

 of the Spring Handicaps the City and Suburban, Metro- 



