282 ZACHARIAH SIMPSON, ESQ. 



Nor on the other hand will it, I hope, be thought that in 

 my desire to do justice to the merits of the great men of 

 the present day, I have written euphemistically of their 

 high qualities, or have courted their favour a course 

 which would be distasteful, I am sure, to a body at once 

 so enlightened and fearless of the world's opinion. I 

 have ventured to show the differences existing between 

 the old and the new schools by stating unvarnished facts ; 

 and the difference is so palpably manifest as to make any 

 comparison, as Dogberry has it, ' odorous.' 



CHAPTER XVII. 



ZACHABIAH SIMPSON, ESQ. 



Excellent position as a banker Perverse use of it An example at 

 Newmarket Turf career Our joint ownership of horses. 



Traducer in the Two Thousand The Gillie's dead-heat with 

 Brick The trial and the race Manrico Getting a horse out of a 

 well A bet luckily recovered Partial stud successes How a breed- 

 ing establishment may be ruined Curious disposal of yearlings 

 Other costly occupations, and result A fortune saved on a pound a 

 week The teeth-test with chickens and horses How Delilah lost 

 and won her pedigree Social attributes. 



ME. SIMPSON, of Diss, in Norfolk, was probably one of 

 the most eccentric men of the age ; though he did not 

 betray outwardly the least symptom of any peculiarity. 

 He dressed as other gentlemen were usually attired, 

 neither foppishly nor meanly. His household establish- 

 ment was in keeping with his social position. He had 

 his meals at fashionable hours ; and took walking, riding, 

 and driving exercise, and in no way differed from the 

 custom of living the life of a country gentleman. He 

 married when young a Miss Manning, an attractive lady 



