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more Misters, it is only because I have 

 forgotten their Christian names ; for, to the 

 best of my recollection, when I was at 

 Newmarket, it was the invariable practice 

 to denominate each groom by his Christian 

 and surname, unless any one happened to 

 possess some peculiarities that marked him. 

 I know not what appellations are given to 

 grooms at Newmarket at the present day, 

 but at the time I speak of, if any grooms 

 had been called Misters, my master would 

 have been among the number; and his 

 appellation by everybody, except his own 

 boys, who called him John, was John 

 Watson/ 



We have reason to believe there are no 

 1 Johns' among the Newmarket trainers of 

 these times, though we much doubt the 

 benefit of the change to Mister, and all 

 the appliances to boot. If we mistake not, 

 Sir Charles Bunbury's training-groom wore 

 livery to the last. At all events, New- 

 market jockeys and their Jennys were not 

 then to be seen in an Opera-box, which 

 we find is no uncommon occurrence now. 

 'A cow at the Opera* would have been 

 considered equally in her element. 



