194 CHASING AND RACING 



story is told of Lord Marcus Beresford, who had 

 become a proud father on the morning of a fashionable 

 race meeting, at which he was due to officiate as 

 starter. He was cantering to the post past the club 

 lawn, when he was hailed by a fair friend, who called 

 after him 



" Hi, Markie, I hear you have become a father 

 this morning. Is it a boy or a girl ? " 



Turning his head over his shoulder, but without 

 pulling up, Lord Marcus shouted back 



" I don't know. I forgot to look ! " 



