126 THE MERRY GEE-GEE 



1 80 guineas. In the autumn he came 

 up to the same place again, with the same 

 description exactly, and I bought him 

 for 15 guineas. This is the horse Frank 

 rode his first chase at Leicester, as pre- 

 viously recorded, and I sold him after 

 the race for 48 guineas. Last week 

 "as ever was," he came again to the 

 Leicester Repository and made 148 

 guineas ; and cheap enough, too, as there 

 are few better hunters, and he is quite 

 one of the right sort to look at. 



About four years ago I bought a great 

 banging four-year-old, also at Leicester, 

 and also at 15 guineas. He had no 

 description except his pedigree ; and 

 whilst being shown he took the liberty 

 of playfully kicking the rail in half just 

 near the rostrum, and only just missed 

 my head. I suppose that was partly why 

 he came so cheap. He was a comical- 



