SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



in the morning, if she could beat me at that 

 difference she would have had no difficulty in 

 winning the Leger. At that time I had no boy of 

 my own that could do Vestminster s weight (6 st. 

 4 lb.) ; so borrowed Gradwell, a well-behaved, bright 

 little lad, from Jimmy Barber. Poor Jimmy was 

 then out of touch with fortune, and found the 

 thousand-pound note I gave him in the evening 

 most acceptable. Altogether I cleared about fifteen 

 thousand pounds, and, moreover, had the satisfac- 

 tion of knowing that most of my friends were on. 



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