SIR JOSEPH AND THE DOCTOR 71 



He was informed that the Baronet was in the 

 Stewards' Stand, and might appear at any moment. 

 Presently Sir Joseph came down, whereupon the 

 Doctor, removing his hat and bowing profoundly, 

 said, ' I admire you, Sir Joseph. No man in Eng- 

 land except yourself would have had the courage to 

 prosecute me. Let us shake hands.' They shook 

 hands, and were good friends ever afterwards. Dr. 

 Shorthouse died June 13, 1883. 



Some time prior to his death the Baronet had 

 allowed his trainer to undertake the training of a 

 few horses the property of other owners. Messrs. 

 T. E. Walker and F. Gretton were the earliest 

 additions. Mr. John Gretton was the next. One 

 of the first of the notable horses which renewed the 

 Kingsclere traditions was Pageant, by Elland out of 

 Panoply, a gelding which Mr. F. Gretton purchased 

 from Mr. Gomm. He had up to that time won a 

 great many minor races, both as a two and three- 

 year-old, and had had several different owners. 

 Under the new schoolmaster he won two Doncaster 

 cups, the Brighton Cup, and twice won 'the Cup' 

 itself at Chester. These performances embraced 

 several seasons, for he was a good ' old un,' and ran 

 on. Mr. F. Gretton had a horse called Monk — by 

 Hermit out of Thorsday. That horses prefer some 

 courses, and therefore do better upon them than they 

 do on others, is well known. It is equally certain that 

 horses often repeat in public their disappointing trials. 

 Monk, for example, was tried for the Stewards' Cup 

 at Goodwood (in 1877), and failed (swerving in it) 



