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turned out, had really made no mistake, having placed 

 the right colour, though it happened to be on the wrong 

 horse. I should add that my brother Alfred on returning 

 home received notice that unless he at once got rid of 

 all interest he might have in Marionette he would not be 

 allowed to ride, and he forthwith disposed of his share 

 in the horse to his partner, Mr. Johnstone. I mention 

 this just to show the different way of speaking to jockeys 

 then and now, though I have nothing to say against so 

 authoritative an edict. On the contrary, I think that if 

 it were oftener put in force with jockeys who in our day 

 hold the position that he did in his, good results would 

 follow. 



In spite of his defeat in the Derby, so confident was I 

 that nothing could beat my horse a distance of ground, 

 that I sent word to Alfred to say I wished him to ride in 

 the Goodwood Cup as light as he could, which I knew 

 would be 8 St., or 7 Ib. extra. This I did not mind, as 

 he would win easily enough with that weight, and as I 

 said, ' You will certainly ride him 5 Ib. better than a boy, 

 and virtually we shall only be giving 2 Ib. away.' But 

 he replied, ' No ; if you get beat, your friends and every- 

 one will blame you for putting me up.' Under these 

 circumstances, I had to trust the horse to the hands of a 

 boy little Bray who, as it turned out, rode him to 

 orders ; which Alfred, or indeed any other first-class 

 jockey, may not have as faithfully carried out, thinking 

 it injudicious to have done so with the extra weight. I 

 was very confident, as I have stated, and I said to my 

 father and my brother John : 



' We all lost on him at Epsom. Now let us get it 

 back here.' 



But John would not back him. 



' He could not stay a mile and a half in the Derby,' he 



