SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



Mr. William Marshall volunteered evidence, while 

 Mr. Drinkald would have gone if necessary. Still, 

 he wished to be spared the journey, and was left 

 out. The case came on before Baron Martin, who 

 was appealed to by plaintiff's counsel to order wit- 

 nesses to leave the court. The Baron declined to so 

 act, saying that he did not attach such importance 

 to the case — which was a pull for our side. After a 

 spell Baron Martin broke in with, " I really think 

 this is a case not for the courts, but for arbitration." 



" I agree with you, my lord," said my counsel. 

 " And, if I may be allowed to make a suggestion, I 

 think Mr. Henry Hill would be a proper person to 

 settle the affair." 



" Oh, certainly," said the plaintiff's counsel sar- 

 castically. " Quite the proper person, considering 

 that he is the chief witness for the defence ! " 



Mr. Greville was next suggested, to which Baron 

 Martin was agreeable, but the plaintiff's party hesi- 

 tated. Whereupon I whispered to Hill, " Harry, 

 Admiral Rous ! Tell our man." So soon as the 

 Admiral's name was mentioned Baron Martin said, 

 "I do not think a better gentleman could be 

 chosen." The other side acquiesced, and, with 

 matters so arranged, we streamed from the Court 

 for the South for the City and Suburban. 



The arbitration proceedings, in due course, took 



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