TATTERSALLS' ENCLOSURE 



flowery diction, but his vocabulary on occasions 

 consisted only of interjections, not oaths. He loved 

 society and every bit of the knowledge he had of various 

 places he went to. He knew exactly what was ex- 

 pected of him : at Newmarket a dance, if possible ; at 

 Yarmouth it was a smoking concert ; here and there 

 were other functions. 



There is a great story about one of Dunn's visits to 

 Manchester. He was always very fond of the theatre, 

 and he had a certain idea just before he left the old 

 New Barns racecourse, and said to his clerk : " Look 

 here, Lakey; instead of going round with the boys 

 to-night, I am going to book two stalls for the Princes 

 Theatre. I have always told you to bring your dress 

 clothes with you, and you'll put them on. Come 

 and have a bit of dinner with me, and we'll go in style 

 to the show." Lakey demurred, but there was no 

 refusal, for Dick became insistent. The seats were far 

 back, bordering on the pit. The first act was over and 

 one of Lakey's pals in the front row of the cheaper 

 seats cried : " Lord love us, if that ain't old Lakey 

 sitting with the toffs ; all in splendid dress too." Then 

 he shouted : " Cheero, Lakey ! 'Ow d'yer feel ? " " Feel 

 as if I were doing six munphs," was the disconsolate 

 reply. 



Dick Dunn had always a fixed idea as to how he 

 would spend his evening, which was an important part 

 of the day to him, and it must be said that whatever 

 the luck had been he always came up cheery. To- 

 wards the end he never seemed to have much good 

 fortune. I met him outside his house at Molesey one 

 Saturday afternoon, and asked him how he got on at 

 Salisbury. " The expenses," he said, " were forty-nine 

 pounds ten shillings, and I won forty-nine pounds — if 

 I get it all. It's always on the wrong side." That 



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