SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



noblemen, not especially because he was so amiable 

 in this particular case, but because at no time would 

 he hesitate to do good to a fellow man. A little 

 while after leaving his lordship I met Mr. Robert 

 Lee, a prominent member of the Ring. 



"Well, Mr. Hodgman," he remarked, "do you fancy 

 anything for the Cesarewitch ? I've a book on it." 



" Yes. I fancy a horse that ran to-day — King Lud." 



" I'll bet you 1000 to 20 against him." 



" Oh, no ! " 



"Well, 1000 to 15." 



" Yes. I'll take that— twice ? " 



"Yes." 



" Three times ? " I asked. 



" No. Twice will do." 



Later I backed the horse again, and stood, in all, 

 to win 3000 sovs. On the morning of the race 

 Lord Lonsdale told me that Captain Machell 

 thought that the horse would run very fairly, but 

 that it was no good thing. " Still," he added, " I 

 have my tenner on. Steel got me 400 to 10." 

 Right to the finish King Lud stood at a good price, 

 the starting odds being 1000 to 45. But he won, 

 with much to spare, under the guidance of Bruck- 

 shaw ; and in the ensuing season upset the odds 

 laid upon Boiard for the Alexandra Plate at Ascot, 

 the deft handling then being distance's. 



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