PJwto. by M. H. Hayes. 



CHAPTER XX. 



Arrival at the Gold Fields Clubs in South Africa Johannesburg : its Jews, 

 Englishmen, and Boers Types of John Bull A Public Performance 

 under Difficulties A Lady riding Buckjumpers Performances at the 

 Johannesburg Circus Bad to Mount The Farce of Horse Taming 

 Shows in England How to make a Good Impression J. R. Couper, 

 the South African Champion Wolff Bendoff * The Mates' ' Son Mr 

 Grey Rattray Eggs Sixpence Apiece Dave Moss and the 'Tape' 

 Johannesburg 'Sharps' The Ready Reckoner Story Justice to 'Nig- 

 gers ' in the Transvaal Vichy, the Winner of the Johannesburg Handi- 

 cap English Horses in South Africa. 



WEARY, jolted to pieces, and with a pain in my back 

 which had made me wish to die, I arrived one Sun- 

 day morning at Johannesburg on the coach that had carried 

 the mails and three or four passengers for twenty-four miser- 

 able hours, with only a rest of, say, ten minutes for changing 

 horses about every two hours. After dropping down from 

 the box seat, the first thing I did was to recognise a passing 



