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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 ivorst seat and 

 the best hands — Tod demonstrates — No advocate of catgut 

 coercion — Tod the philosopher — The pot boils over — Never 

 "v^^arned 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 1;. Paradox — The mighty Ormonde — 

 The Bard — The unlucky prefix " The " — The homeric struggle 

 between Ormonde and Minting — Ard Patrick ^. 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 himdred 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 " — 



