SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



" You have,'' said that gentleman to Davies after 

 the result, " had a bad race." 



" So everybody says," Davies answered. " But, Mr. 

 Greville, you can have a cheque now for your money." 



" Oh no ! Not at all. I positively refuse to 

 accept it now." 



In all, Davies told me, he lost 80,000 pounds over 

 that Derby, and he was also badly hit when the 

 afore-mentioned Weathergage ran away with the 

 Goodwood Stakes — as indeed were all the list- 

 keepers, big or little. Messrs. Tom Megson, Jack 

 Bennett, and Thornhill had managed the business, 

 and that combination was bad to beat. But Davies 

 retrieved himself when Stockwell cantered off with 

 the St. Leger. He had discovered that my opinion 

 of the colt was right, and he " peppered " Daniel 

 O'Rourke and Songstress unmercifully. Of course 

 he had to lay Stockwell for small amounts in his 

 lists. But his big book was a sealed volume when 

 Stockwell was mentioned. On the Leger morning I 

 said to him, "Bill, will you lay me 1000 to 500' 

 Stockwell ? " 



" No. Not a penny. I've sworn I won't write 

 his name in my book." 



Just before the race I offered him a hundred 

 pound note. " You needn't," I said, " put that in- 

 your book." 



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