2l6 THE MERRY GEE>GEE 



he came on beyond recognition. It so 

 happened I had a very bad Ascot just 

 then, losing- £s^^> which was a good 

 lot for me at that particular time, so I 

 entered the colt in an overnight selling 

 at Alexandra Park on the Saturday, and 

 wired for him to be sent on. I had a 

 fair splash on him, backing him more 

 particularly for a place. I told my jockey 

 he was an idle horse, wanting a lot of 

 riding, and told him to keep plugging it 

 into him all the way. Passing the post 

 a sheet would have covered the first four, 

 and mine, coming as one dropped from 

 the clouds, got beat out of place by no 

 more than the length of your hand. He 

 was catching them every stride, and would 

 have won outright in two or three more 

 lengths. My jockey had not started riding 

 him soon enough. I wish I had Tod 

 Sloan up ; he'd have won, right enough. 



