REMARKABLE DREAM 125 



The night before the race was run I had a remarkable 

 dream, worth relating because of its accurate fulfilment. 

 I dreamt One Act won, and William Goater was second 

 after a good race, and that I told him after they had 

 passed the winning-post that I thought I had won. To 

 which he hastily replied : ' You know you have.' And 

 walking up the course together, he said : ' You have 

 done me out of the best stake I ever stood.' This 

 dream I told to some ten or a dozen gentlemen during 

 breakfast the next morning at the inn at which I was 

 staying Mr. Parker himself being amongst them. 

 After saddling the mare, I stood close by the winning- 

 post to see the race, and as soon as she passed it the 

 third time, I thought my mare had won. I said to the 

 judge : 



' What has won, Mr. Johnstone ?' 



' White !' he replied ; and then, looking up, added : 

 'Oh, you, Mr. Day!' 



Strange to say, William Goater was standing by my 

 side all the time, quite unobserved by me, until, turning 

 round to go and meet the mare, I found myself face to 

 face with him. 



And as we walked up together to meet our respective 

 horses, he said : 



' I stood more money on mine to-day than I ever stood 

 before, and have lost a large stake ;' thus absolutely ful- 

 filling my dream to the very letter. 



I have already in these pages had something to say 

 of Joe Miller, but have much left to tell of his other 

 performances. In the Metropolitan Stakes he was un- 

 lucky, losing the race by being interfered with by Miss 

 Ann in coming round Tattenham Corner. It was not, 

 however, a specially lucky thing for the jockey who 

 interfered with him. For he, not knowing that Mr. 



