SIXTY YEARS ON THE TURF 



-administered some severe blows to the starting-price 

 agencies, particular cases of note being the Lewes 

 Handicap successes of Newcourt and Street Singer, 

 and the Manchester Cup victory of The Docker. 

 AYilliam I' Anson, however, was not always an adept 

 at arranging this kind of coup, and in connection 

 with the burly Yorkshire trainer and " s.-p." business, 

 I recall an amusing incident that occurred at Carlisle 

 in the summer of 1885. I' Anson was running 

 Prince Rudolph in the Grand Stand Handicap, and 

 as the horse was entering the course he turned 

 to his friends w^ith, "There goes the winner. 

 You can all go and back him. Miners on starting 

 jyrice ! " 



The inevitable result was a flooding of the market 

 with money for the horse. 



" What's winning ? " said I Anson to me. 



"Why, you've won, Bill. It's all over now!" I 

 •cried, for Prince Rudolph was pulling Luke out of 

 the saddle. 



" Capital ! " was his remark. " Yes, he's won. 

 Oood horse ! " Then, " Hodge, what price was he ? " 



" Five to four." 



"Five to what? Why, I thought he'd be at 

 5 to 1. Mine's on starting price. Who's been back- 

 ing him here ? " 



"Well," I remarked, "considering what you 



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