SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



Lord Westmorland and myself that the one could 

 at any time borrow a horse of the other for trial 

 purposes. If his lordship sent over for one of mine, 

 my trainer had instructions to comply with the 

 request ; supposing the animal asked for were fit 

 and well ; and I had the same privileges with respect 

 to his horses in training. In the year 1868, a short 

 time prior to Ascot, I met him and asked him if he 

 had anything with which I could gallop a two-year- 

 old. 



" No, Hodgman, I haven't." 



" But," I said, " what about the old mare ? " 



" Oh, she isn't mine." 



" She's been galloped, hasn't she ? " 



"Yes. And really I see no reason why you 

 shouldn't borrow her. It will be all right." 



In due course she was sent over, and I tried my 

 youngster. On the morning of the first day at 

 Ascot (1868) I met his lordship in the paddock. 



*' Oh, Hodgman," said he, " how did that gallop 



go?" 



"Well, I tried three of mine with the mare, and 

 she just won. So it looks as if none was good. The 

 colt I thought smart was beaten a good distance. 

 But one stuck a bit to her, and as two or three 

 friends want me to put something on for them, I 

 shall risk a little. It's Vestminster, in the Maiden 



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