CRITICISM OF 0\A^ERS 



Returning to Mr J. B. Joel's personal judgment, I 

 was in his private luncheon-room at Ascot on the last 

 day of the meeting, and he said : " What do you think 

 I did last night ? I wired for them to send Pure Gem 

 back again to take his chance in the Alexandra Plate. 

 It was entirely my own idea, and we'll see how it 

 works." Pure Gem won all right, winning a stake 

 of over fifteen hundred pounds, besides the bets. It 

 had not been a good week for the owner, and he saw 

 one good thing after another go down. It may be 

 mentioned that Pure Gem had run down the course 

 in the Ascot Stakes on the previous Tuesday, and had 

 been sent home only to return again to win. Morton 

 had quite a troop of horses at the meeting, but had 

 only won one race until the Friday, when Portland 

 Bay took the Wokingham and then Pure Gem followed 

 in the long distance race. It has been a great score 

 for Mr Joel to be in the prominent position he has been 

 among owners during the last few years. Whether he 

 will get his money back over Prince Palatine further 

 reminiscences by myself or others will be able to 

 chronicle, but he makes few mistakes. 



I have brought these few incidents apropos of the 

 absurd canards levelled against owners with whom it 

 is a pleasure to win, especially with certain animals. 



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