vi Preface. 



fallen into error on some few points of detail ; and 

 he pleads guilty to having converted a very cele- 

 brated chestnut hunter into a " grey " one. Having 

 thus taken his " preliminary canter," it only re- 

 mains for him to thank those who have so kinily 

 favoured him with their advice and aid during its 

 " preparation," and to start his little volume on its 

 race for life. 



LONDON, 



May Morning, 1856. 



