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others. He raced for a few years only, but was de- 

 cidedly successful. But this success was undoubtedly 

 largely due to the fact that he was in alliance with Mr. 

 Parker. So little had Mr. Farrance to do with it, that I 

 don't think the former ever consulted him as to what 

 should be done with any of the horses they had together. 

 Like poor George Armstrong with Swindell, so was 

 Farrance with Parker useful to do his bidding. The 

 cause of the final separation of the two has been already 

 related. Mr. Parker suspected his partner of obtaining 

 information clandestinely from the Woodyates stable 

 about horses of which he was only part owner, if not 

 about others. And it will be remembered that he was 

 so suspected in the instance in which we were forestalled 

 in the betting on One Act. We are reminded in this that 

 caution is never ' more necessary than in dealing with 

 associates or friends of feeble mind.' Under the most 

 favourable construction there was ground for grave 

 suspicion ; and the trouble ripened into a quarrel and a 

 separation, Mr. Parker taking over any share the other 

 had in Joe Miller, One Act, and Noisy. The other few 

 horses Mr. Farrance owned were soon got rid of, and 

 that gentleman left the turf, and I don't think I ever 

 saw him afterwards. 



I will say of Mr. Farrance that I never had a dis- 

 cordant word with him, nor the occasion for one. His 

 subsequent life was always a mystery to me, in regard 

 to the manner in which he got rid of his considerable 

 wealth. He was not a gambler, never that I heard of 

 played cards or threw dice, and was certainly not fond 

 of betting. He kept no company, lived inexpensively, 

 and had but one child a daughter, who married well. 

 Yet he lived beyond his means, and squandered a fortune 

 in a short time. A ' dominant simplicity ' seemed to 



