CHAPTER X 



Mr. "Ned" Smith — His financial difficulties — A poaching 

 episode — His victim's threat — "Who shot the fox ? " — Margery 

 Daw — Useless for racing — A paddock failure — I give her 

 away — Her subsequent value — She throws See Saw and 

 Ecossais — Extraordinary career of the latter — Doeskin : 

 another " gift horse " — Rocket's trial for the Cesarewitch of 

 1858 — Faith lost — I try to buy Tame Deer — Confidence in 

 Rocket restored — Colonel Forester's opinion — Rocket's vic- 

 tory — Mr. Edward Green — His " averaging " habit — How I 

 pm-chased Emigrant — Mr. Green has half share — Emigrant's 

 Grand National training — ^Accident to his jockey, Charlie 

 Boyce — I hedge my money — Boyce wins with one arm tied 

 up — Lucas's Repository — Mr. Hodgson forces a fight — The 

 result — Heavy damages claimed — I sell my responsibility — 

 The trial — Baron Martin suggests arbitration — Acceptance 

 of Admiral Rous — His judgment. 



Mr. Edward Smith — or " Ned Smith," as he was 

 more commonly known — was a reporter on Bell's 

 Life when that paper was remarkable alike for 

 its brilliancy and its power in the world of sport. 

 He was, in his time, an athlete, a fine shot, a rare 

 judge of prize-ring matters — in a word, an all-round 

 sport. On his financial side, however, he was un- 

 fathomable, as no matter what the quantity of 

 money he won, he was perpetually in difiiculties. 



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