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greyhounds and horses in his lifetime. Generous to a 

 fault, and perhaps indifferent to the rules of correct 

 living, his death was mourned by many warm friends 

 and admirers. On all hands he was acknowledged to 

 be a most marvellous wonder worker in his business, 

 or art, or profession, whichever the fastidious may 

 define the craft of bone-setting, which he practised 

 with results far beyond any man ever known. 



Eesuming the chapter of mishaps, John relates 

 " The next accident I had was when a police- 

 man got in the way at the Hedon Meeting, near 

 Hull. I was riding one of Drislane's horses, and 

 the policeman was on the course. Three of us 

 were running head and head when the police- 

 man came in the way. My mare caught the 

 quarters of the policeman's horse and she came 

 down, injuring herself so much that she had to 

 be destroyed. My collar-bone was broken, and 

 I was the only one that came down. That 

 occurred the year Nappa won the Ebor Handicap 

 (1888). 



" It was in Donovan's year that I met with 

 the accident at Pontefract, when my collar-bone 

 was again broken; but five weeks after I was 

 able to ride in the Whit week at Redcar. 



" On 22nd July, 1891, I met with an accident 

 at Liverpool. I was riding Cavendish. Tom 

 Cannon was making the running, and something 

 of Mr. Weever's was laid alongside of him. 

 Weldon, myself, and 'Morny' Cannon lay 

 together behind. When we got to the turn, 

 Weldon's horse ran out and then squeezed in 

 amongst us again. The horses' legs got mixed 

 somehow, and in the scrimmage I was the only 



