CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 



Mr. Sykes — Mr. "D'Orsay" Clark — A Cesarewitch Trial — A commission 

 saved — A negligent trainer — "Mr. Sykes " at Egham — Admiral Rous 

 angered — Mr. Sykes versus Robgiil — Major Brabazon's bets — Mr. 

 Greville — A " close " character — His Muscovite bets — Perkins pockets 

 same — Mr. Shelley — " In the wrong Boat" — Eleven thousand pounds 

 posted Pp. 57-70 



CHAPTER YI 



Wild Dayrell's Derby — His "nobbling"' arranged — How prevented — A 

 costly "getting out" — Palmer the Poisoner — Marlow's opinion — Mr. 

 Fred Swindell " readied "—Saved by the success of Doubt — Cockburn's 

 grim assurance — Who set the law in motion . . . Pp. 71-78 



CHAPTER VII 



Virago — The best filly of last century — Unplaced in a selling race ! — Mr. 

 William Day in error — Heavy Chester Cup betting — The handicapper 

 awake — City and Suburban and Great Metropolitan won on one day 

 — Virago's Epsom trial — The real weights — Mr. Lambert's letter — 

 "Something out of Virago" — Lord Glasgow — Insistence on more 

 weight — "Don't hesitate. to shoot" — A memorable Saturday on the 

 Heath — Racing for Life Pp. 79-90 



CHAPTER VIII 



Ml'. Drinkald — His eccentric attire — Why I laid Boiardo for the St. 

 Leger of 1854 — A riot at Doncaster — The fighting brothers Broome — 

 Black Tommy and the Derby — Ten Thousand pounds to a suit of 

 clothes — Mr. Drinkald's bitter pill — Blink Bonny's triumph — The Leger 

 Defeat — Mr. Swindell's advice — The Jackson confederacy — Prioress's 

 Cesarewitch — A dead-heat between three — A change of jockeys and of 

 result — My opinion of Fordham — How Captain Little "kidded "him 

 — Heiress's defeats — Dulcibella's Cesarewitch — Her previous running — 

 Ladies in hiding Pp. 91-102 



CHAPTER IX 



Lord Brampton (Sir Henry Hawkins) — On Friendship — His letter — A 

 shooting incident at Beddington — The long-eared parson — Shillelagh 

 — His successes — Accident and death — I sue the Railway Company — 

 Mr. Hawkins against me — I win once and lose twice — Hawkins on 

 "The Claimant" — His belief in him — His later opinion — A fortunate 

 "get out " — The Claimant sharpens a knife . • . Pp. 105-113 



