SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



"Where I shall fail will be relative to the 

 American horses. 



" I am, 



" Truly yours, 



" H. J. ROUS. 



" P.S. — I am going to Lord Stamford's on Monday, 

 for the week." 



This was the first year the Admiral did not make 

 the Lincolnshire Handicap ; and I had sent him 

 mine, which I also forwarded to Mr. Ford. It was 

 the Admiral's constant plan to let me know where 

 he would be week by week, in case I wished to 

 write him. 



In the May of 1865 Mr. "Tubby" Morris, Mr. 

 George Reynolds, Mr. Jack Bennett, Mr. John 

 Barnard, and myself were driving from the " White 

 Hart" Hotel to the Salisbury Racecourse. There 

 was a deal of talking and laughing, till Mr. George 

 Reynolds called out to Mr. Morris, " I say, ' Tubby,' 

 don't you think we ought to get up a testimonial to 

 the Duke of Beaufort ? " 



" What's that ? " I exclaimed. " A testimonial to 

 the Duke of Beaufort ? What the dickens for, 

 Reynolds ? Because you settle his accounts — is that 

 it, George ? No. If you're in the mood for testi- 



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