SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



lengths. " Old Waterworks," as the late Mr. Tom 

 Jennings was familiarly known, frequently chaffed 

 me about my judgment in giving Margery Daw 

 away. But even that monument of patience might 

 have been forgiven for tiring of her. 



Still, I cannot say that my experiences of making 

 presents of apparently useless mares give rise to 

 pleasant reflections. Thus, years before Margery 

 Daw, I had a filly called Doeskin, by Newminster — 

 on whom by-the-bye, the celebrated Jimmy Grimshaw 

 had his first winning mount, the race being a handicap 

 sweepstakes, run at the Houghton Meeting of 1859. 

 I kept Doeskin till the following autumn, when 

 at Newmarket I ran with her second to Mr. 

 Whittaker's White Rose, whom I claimed. I then 

 said, in the presence of Mr. H. Savile, " I shan't 

 run Doeskin again. I shall give her to a young 

 lady friend to ride." 



'* Oh," he returned, " you saw that mare I was 

 riding the other day ? " 



" Yes." 



" Well, I'll swop, and you can give my mare to the 

 young lady." 



" Why, what do you want Doeskin for ? " 



" Well, you see, she's by Newminster, and I want 

 to breed from her." 



*' What, breed from a pony like that ! She's only 



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