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half welter at Croydon, with him, but he was second 

 to the Caesarewitch winner Speed in the ;^iooo Rose 

 Handicap at Newmarket. 



There was an occasion when he ought to have 

 scored at Hurst Park. " Squire '* Abingdon was 

 riding the favourite, which ran out six furlongs from 

 home. I was then left with the lead, but instead of 

 making the best of my way home, I began to take 

 matters easy, to such an extent that George managed 

 to bring his mount back to the straight, where he 

 rode him to such good purpose that he was able to 

 pounce upon us at the distance and put ** paid '* to the 

 whole bunch. 



Later, I was riding " Chevy " in one of the Bibury 

 ** Corinthians,*' when he suddenly stumbled and 

 stopped as if shot. Both bag sinews had gone. Of 

 course I dismounted, but it was with great difficulty 

 that the poor creature hobbled back to the paddock. 

 Davis did not consider his case hopeless, and so skil- 

 fully was the horse treated that the following season 

 he came out comparatively sound. He ran in the 

 Ascot Stakes and led into the straight, where the 

 old trouble found him out and he broke down beyond 

 repair. 



Another of my cheap purchases (under ** Lord 

 Exeter's Conditions ") was a colt called Andante, who 

 won the valuable Orleans Nursery at Sandown, and 

 other nice races. As a three-year-old he was seldom 

 in a race with a weight that would permit of my riding 



