SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



" May I mention to Tattersall that you told me 

 the reserve price ? " 



" Certainly. Do what you like." 



I went to Mr. Tattersall, and said that if there 

 was no bid over 500 he was to knock the horse 

 down, at the reserve price, to Mr. W. S. Stonehewer, 

 a, rich Yorkshire Justice of the Peace, who stood 

 over six feet high, and was dearly anxious to win a 

 big handicap. The reserve was not reached, and 

 John Davis was knocked down as I had instructed 

 Mr. Tattersall. I immediately wired to Mr. Stone- 

 hewer, " Have bought the horse. Dine with me to- 

 night at the Bristol Hotel, Brighton." I gave him 

 the five hundred pounds over the dinner-table, and 

 he filled in the cheque and sent the same off to 

 Tattersall's at once. Though he was a Yorkshireman, 

 Mr. Stonehewer lived at Shoreham, and I let the 

 liorse go to his farm, where he galloped round hay- 

 stacks ! This was the only work he did before he 

 ran in the Brighton Stakes, wherein he was ridden 

 by Butler. 



I said to Mr. George Cutt, " I want you to put 

 me £10 on John Davis. Go to ' Tubby ' Morris, and 

 put £5 on with him, and lay out the other with 

 Billy Nichol. Don't you touch it yourself. He 

 may win, but he has not been trained." 



Just as the horses were going out Mr. Cutt took 



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