NUT BUSH. 



^\ remember," observes my friend Captain Jones, "a 

 notable instance of this in the case of the celebrated 

 mare, Nutbush, the property of Captain Hawksley. 

 My readers who can look back upon something like 

 fifteen or sixteen years of turf history will not fail to 

 remember this veritable flier, which at five furlongs was 

 well-nigh invincible, and which won several good handi- 

 caps when a three-year-old, with steadying weights 

 ranging from 9 st. to 10 st.4 lb. Indeed, her sensational 

 match with Little Lady, the property of Lord Stamford, 

 who was then betting very heavily, will always keep her 

 memory green. 



" She was in nearly every instance ridden by George 

 Fordham, and so thoroughly acquainted was she with 

 her business at the post, that nothing would induce her 

 to take her eyes off the starter's flag. Notwithstanding 

 frequent — shall I write — "kidding" attempts of the 

 Demon, as he was then called, to persuade her that 

 it was a start, she would never move one inch until the 

 starter himself gave the signal which she knew so well. 

 Then, she put matters beyond dispute, for she was into 

 her bridle in an instant, and was well clear of her field 

 in the first hundred yards, thus adding an incalculable 

 advantage to her naturally magnificent turn of speed. 



