CONTENTS 



PAOB 



PROLOGUE . . . . . . *7 



Being Preliminary Information for Opponents of Racing 

 How I became interested in Bloodstock and Racing in 

 Early Days How I indulged in Betting -The Kingcraft 

 " Orgy " Birmingham Dog Show preferred to " Smalls " 

 -Beaten for "Mods." by Prince Charlie 



CHAPTER I . . . . -27 



Early Days and Antecedents Curiosities of Kilvington 

 The Drink Habit How the Church was run The wonder- 

 ful new Rector What he thought of me 'Death of the 

 Prince Consort 



CHAPTER II . . . . .36 



The Treaty of Paris and Death of the Prince Consort- 

 Malt Liquor, Port, and Agricultural Work Mr Arrow- 

 smith and Squire Bell' A Hustings Episode "Sammy " 

 Cass The Great Mr Rhodes Tim Whiffler at Thirsk 

 Thirsk Races The Hunt Cup Martin Gurry wins on 

 Catalogue Village Idiots at Kilvington 



CHAPTER III . . . . . -45 



Christmas at Kilvington Old Customs First Visit to 

 London- The Great Exhibition Lord Dundreary The 

 Colleen Bawn Early Education Life at Cundale Parson- 

 age The first Ironclads I armour-plate the Nautilus 

 " A Coursing Match " Cruelty of Boys Mr Gray beats 

 us The Making of Fairyland A Cold-water Cure How 

 we celebrated the Prince of Wales 's Wedding 



CHAPTER IV . . . . . -55 



Life at Coxwold Vicarage My Welsh Tutor His strange 

 Methcds of Teaching I Myself set up as a Teacher No 

 Dissent at Coxwold Racing Associations The Coxwold 

 Derby Sweep (Macaroni's Year) Failure to see Tom King 

 Early Shooting My First Partridge Mr Kingsley and 

 the Kites The Kite String and the Magistrate's Hat 

 My Fear of that Magistrate Tom Brown's Schooldays 

 sends me to Rugby , 



7 



