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CHAPTER XVIII 



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" The Jubilee Plunger "' His love for children and dogs A " fly 

 flat " A try out at pyramids A side-slip and a prison 

 Undefeated spirit Tod Sloan not the first " croucher " The 

 advantages of " the crouch " and its faults The worst seat and 

 the best hands Tod demonstrates No advocate of catgut 

 coercion Tod the philosopher The pot boils over Never 

 "warned off," but "advised not to apply" Tod's sun sets A 

 beautiful wife and a spectacular cropper Captain Roderick 

 Owen The resourceful Roddy His sad end .... 208 



CHAPTER XIX 



Thrilling finishes Melton e v. Paradox The mighty Ormonde 

 The Bard The unlucky prefix " The " The homeric struggle 

 between Ormonde and Minting Ard Patrick i/. Sceptre 

 Alsopp, Madden, Bradford, and Calder Bradford's first mount 

 H.R.H. puts me wise So does Jack Gubbins Galtee More's 

 super-excellence Unbeaten horses "The Spotted Wonder" 

 Would he have won the Derby ? The weak link in his heredi- 

 tary chain Isonomy and his lazy but brilliant son Isinglass 

 The best I have seen run The best looking The ugliest . 218 



CHAPTER XX 



Mr. Jersey and Jeanne A musical amanuensis Open house at Regal 

 Lodge Captain Machell A welcome " retriever " A Very 

 Great Personage The perfidious Peter Putting my foot in it 

 The Prince's tip Jeddah disappoints, but pops up unexpec- 

 tedly A hundred to one winner of the Derby Mr. Jersey's 

 foresight Merman makes good but Aurum misses fire Lady 

 Rosebery, a welcome legacy Amberite "no gentleman !" . 237 



CHAPTER XXI 



Arthur Coventry Blankney takes revenge Dornroschen and I slam 

 Blanc and Arthur " Tommy" Lushington undefeated "Bill " 

 Moore, George Baird, Bobbie Fisher, and " The Child " 



