74 REMINISCENCES OF 



Queensberry said to Hannan, "How are you getting 

 on, Jack?" " Werry bad, I sees two on 'em." 

 " Then knock one of them down," said Queens- 

 berry. He had at last to give up, and, I believe, 

 broke a bone in his hand. As he got into the chaise 

 to go away, he was holding his hand and saying 

 " My poor 'and ". 



Getting home was a job. There was a string of 

 carriages, and on a sudden stop just as we were 

 crossing a bridge at a gateway, our off wheeler's hind 

 leg slipped into a ditch, but when we went on the 

 other horses pulled him out. One of the leaders got 

 so done that we took him out and turned him loose 

 on the road, intending to go on with a " pickaxe ". 

 We gave him a pint of sherry. When we started 

 some one blew the horn and he trotted on. He ran 

 before us for two miles. We then caught him and 

 put him to again, and we got back to Leamington 

 late at night. 



28th January, 1841. We had a steeplechase at 

 Southam when I was on leave at Leamington. 



Piers Mostyn, first. 



John Madocks on " Creole". 



Edward Mostyn, 8th Hussars, on " Seventy-four". 



Chas. Brooke. 



Billy Williams on " Coronet ". 



Robertson (Foveran). 



J. A. T. on "Prisoner". 



I think the weight was thirteen stone. I reduced 

 myself to 12 st. 8 lb., in my shirt about three days 

 before the race ; but I got tired of starving and 



