SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



over England ! " In his Turf proceedings he was as 

 " keen as a razor," and whoever had the better of 

 Mr. Greville needed to be an early riser and void of 

 walnut shells on his eyes. Even his commissioners 

 were rarely let into his secrets. When he gave 

 them their instructions he invariably impressed upon 

 them that though he was risking his own money the 

 horse was not worth theirs. 



" I've got so many friends who want to be on," 

 was his common formula. " There's very, very little 

 for myself" 



The late Mr. John Warrington (father of the 

 present " Teddy " Warrington) did a good deal of 

 Mr. Greville's business, but, as he told me, he was 

 so constantly "put off" that he rarely benefited. 

 Of a different turn of mind was a Mr. Tom Perkins, 

 a Manchester man, who acted for Mr. Greville. Not 

 that he was not " put off." In fact, he was so often 

 " carted " that one day he swore the next big deal 

 should be for himself — if it came off ! This said deal 

 happened to be Muscovite, for the Cesarewitch of 

 1854, and Perkins, acting on Mr. Greville's orders, 

 backed the horse to win £13,000, £2000 of which 

 had to come from a Mr. John Whittaker, who kept 

 a fish shop in Manchester. In the ordinary course 

 of events the London settler for Mr. Perkins sent 

 word, on the Monday after the race, that he had 



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