AT SEA WITH A WINNER 



over that race, for Spearmint started at such a short 

 price in the pari-mutuel. I went down to Folkestone 

 the night before Spearmint was due to arrive there 

 on his way over to Paris ; I had done the same stunt 

 with Pretty Polly. They had chartered a special 

 steamer to take Spearmint and his travelling com- 

 panion, a very ordinary animal. My difficulty was 

 how to get on the boat. I saw them botli slung on 

 board ; I had my ticket across all right by the regular 

 boat and took a seat on the after hatch and nobody 

 troubled me. That wonderful horse was munching 

 a bit of green stuff just as a christian would eat a 

 biscuit, and as I put my hand down his neck he dropped 

 a bunch of the green in my hand. I had it framed 

 afterwards with his picture. Glorious horse ! can he 

 ever be forgotten ! 



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