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down on the bill as "To two beds £3." The 

 younger of the two sent for a cab and proceeded to 

 carry his bed down to the hall. The proprietor, 

 who was called by the porter, said : 



" Here, what are you taking that bed away for ? " 

 " Well, I've paid for it, haven't IV Here's your 

 bill — * Two beds for £3 ' — which I've paid you, so 

 I'm taking my bed." 



In 1896 I bought Cri de Gueere two-year-old, 

 a bargain, for a client (after running at Liverpool 

 Cri de Spring), from Mr. Lushington, and as she 

 Guerre ^g^g backward I put her by for a selling at 

 Newmarket, July 1. She was known by my men 

 as the bay filly, and after trying her good enough 

 to win a selling, I took her to Newmarket with my 

 other horses, viz. Kilcock and Wildfowler. I 

 had the two latter out for exercise in the morning 

 on the Limekilns. We passed the " men of observa- 

 tion " by the clock, and they concluded I only had 

 the two running. They did not know I sent my 

 head man to the race-course side with Cri de 

 Guerre, he riding her as a hack, and without 

 any clothes. The owner wished to get a good 

 price, so I advised him to go to the weighing room 

 himself and engage a jockey, viz. K. Cannon, who 

 when asked by his confreres what he rode, said, " I 

 don't know ; some farmer-looking man gave me 

 the colours." The filly won easily, and we had a 



