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me, who never came home from the Croydon Congress till 

 after eleven o'clock at night ; and having the appetite of a 

 good honest man with an easy conscience, he wanted his 

 supper, and after his supper he liked a long churchwarden 

 by the kitchen fire before going to bed. Could I say " no " 

 to a worthy Churchman who wanted his pipe after a long 

 day's work ? The result was that when my hot water was 

 brought at seven o'clock on the " Middle Park" day, I told 

 the water-carrier to carry the water to a place where it 

 could have been kept hot, and said, " Bother Newmarket," 

 and turned me round for just five minutes more, and you 

 know what that means. 



Consequently I went to Newmarket alone the next day, 

 by 9.30 special, with about twenty passengers, all told ; and 

 i was alone for the first half of the racing, until I tumbled 

 across an old Sussex professional cricketer — with whom I 

 have played many and many a match at Eastbourne — who 

 makes a book, and under his auspices I saw all the 

 celebrities of the turf who were present. 



It is a good thing to see a new place alone, as you see 

 everything for yourself. 



On getting out at the station I jumped into a trap, and 

 made the fifth passenger, and completed the number, my 

 four companions being "outside " bookmakers, and the trap 

 being the most rickety, and the horse the longest, boniest, 

 and most bow-backed quadruped, up-hill, I ever saw. The 

 remarks of my companions on the breed and performances 

 of the noble animal which was drawing us were more 

 humorous than polite. I don't believe that there was a 

 portion of his body which is known to anatomical science 

 which was not discussed and spoken of disparagingly. 



The first mouthful of air on the Heath was worth going 

 all the way to inhale, for the day was autumnal and brac- 

 ing, and within half an hour I had what 1 have not had 



