SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



At that moment Mr. Ten Broeck was descending 

 the Grand Stand steps. 



" Mr. Broeck," I called. " I want you. I have 

 asked Mr. Payne to put me a thousand on Tom 

 Sayers." 



He laughed. " A brute ! You're mad, Hodgman ! " 



I told him all I had informed Mr. Payne, about 

 the good men, &c. &c., and, in the end, Mr. Payne 

 took one part of the Ring for five hundred, and Mr, 

 Ten Broeck the other for the same amount. 



At the post Captain Townley said (out of the 

 hearing of Fordham) that he (Fordham) was to win 

 on Tom Sayers. At the first attempt Tom Sayers — 

 he truly was a brute — refused to jump oif, and the 

 others (although it was a start !) obligingly came 

 back ; and at the next " go " he was soon allowed to 

 take the rails. After travelling about 100 yards, 

 Captain Townley called out : 



" For heaven s sake, George, push the beast 

 along. We're going for you ! It's a man or a mouse 

 to-day ! " 



Fordham then had a two-lengths' lead, and Captain 

 Townley said, " Now, let's have a bit of a flutter." 



Before they reached the bottom end they were 

 pressing Tom Sayers a bit too close. 



" Gentlemen," said Townley, " let him get nearer 

 home. Then we'll flutter again." 



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