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three to one against the double — Abercorn for the 

 Stakes and Dreadnought for the Derby. 



A terribly short price to take about a double ; but, 

 after all, it did not look so bad when I reckoned up 

 that if Abercorn won he would have three to one 

 against Dreadnought^a certainty if ever there was 

 one — instead of having to lay three to one on him. On 

 my advice he took the wager to a fair amount, and I 

 stood in. I was precious glad when the Stakes' race 

 was over, and it was touch and go. Abercorn, how- 

 ever, won, and we had a rosy bet of three to one 

 against Dreadnought, who simply won the Derby as 

 he liked, after his stable mate, Rudolph, had made all 

 the running for him. 



Dreadnought was a good horse, a chestnut; but 

 after he was sold at Mr. White's sale, he turned out 

 not worth his purchase-money. 



I think it was at this time Mr. Brodribb com- 

 menced his desperate plunges on the turf. One of his 

 freaks was giving over four thousand guineas for a 

 gelding called Titan, by Chester, bred by Mr. White. 

 Titan, as a two-year-old, was a wonder, and at the top 

 of the tree. The Derby looked a certainty for him 

 when Mr. Brodribb bought him, but the horse went 

 all wrong. As a matter of fact, I do not think Titan 

 ever won him a race, and he was sold to Mr. Donald 

 Wallace for a few hundreds. Changing hands again 

 appetired 'at fir^t to have done Titan very little good-* 



