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over by Mr. Bradley, a short distance from the 

 Kenilworth race-course. This gentleman was most 

 kind, and I would not criticise his place except 

 that he did so himself. Suffice it that the build- 

 ing is of what we should style the ramshackle type, 

 with hardly room to make a gangway behind the 

 horses from one end to the other. Sawdust bedding 

 is another feature ; but, withal, the horses were 

 looking well, and among them we saw Boscombe 

 Chimes and Irresistible, the latter of whom is an 

 even greater thief here than he was in England. 

 The Master of Beckhampton looked ruefully at 

 him, remembering the day when, with Sloan up, he 

 beat JuBERT at Newmarket and cost the stable ' a 

 thousand ' of the best ; nor did his depredations 

 end there, for in consequence of this victory they 

 followed him and had £500 on him next time he 

 ran and was beaten. Mr. Bradley showed us two 

 beautiful galloways, Pat C. and another, and really 

 for the time being, a good galloway seems to be 

 the most useful type of racer to possess in this 

 country. Pat C, who had won the Divided Gal- 

 loway Handicap at the recent South African Turf 

 Club's Meeting, is built something on the same 

 lines as Eager. 



" Bidding good-bye to Mr. Bradley, we drove as 

 fast as two razor-backed, hide-bound scarecrows 

 of horses could take us to Mr. Randall's stable, near 



