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soon, put an end to a worthy and honourable career, 

 Joseph Dawson was mourned by no one more 

 sincerely than myself. Mrs. Joseph Dawson, his 

 widow, a very dear old friend, would, I am sure, 

 consider herself slighted if on my visits to head- 

 quarters I did not keep up the long-continued 

 custom. But I have no desire or intention to omit 

 it. It is always pleasant to spend an evening with 

 Mrs. Dawson and talk over old times. It is also my 

 custom, though of more recent date, to dine one 

 evening, on the Wednesday generally, with Tom 

 Jennings ("the young governor") and his charming 

 young wife. I need not say how pleasant these 

 social evenings are after the day's toil on the race- 

 course. I am sorry to say that while this volume 

 was in preparation William Goater, my old colleague 

 at Findon, and trustworthy friend from first to last, 

 passed away. I had, however, already in these 

 pages given expression to my high opinion of his 

 professional capacity and his personal qualities. I 

 may add here as a farewell tribute that an abler 

 trainer or a worthier man than William Goater never 

 came within my knowledge. 



' When Mr. Corlett requested me, with others, 

 to give him a list of the ten best horses I had met 

 with in the course of my experience, I sent him the 

 following list : Teddington, Virago, West Aus- 

 tralian, Fisherman, Gladiateur, Rosicrucian, Isonomy, 

 Robert the Devil, St. Simon, and Foxhall. As 

 " absolutely the best horse " I gave Isonomy, and 

 appended, by way of comment, " the above are 



