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weighing-room door. Some one in the paddock 

 gave him a leg up, and the second objected, and 

 got the race, as the rule states that a jockey must 

 not be touched prior to unsaddling. It seemed a 

 very hard case, and a more unpopular decision 

 was probably never given over any race. No one 

 could have been more widely sympathised with 

 than I was over that. 



Just after this my son rode him a winner at 

 Kempton Park, and, to prove the feelings of the 

 public on the disqualification of the horse in the 

 Newmarket race, one has seldom heard a better 

 reception on his return to scale than he had. The 

 man who objected to him at Newmarket was 

 shortly after objected to for the very same thing 

 at Alexandra Park by Mr. George Edwards, and 

 lost the race. 



I must tell a story against myself re Happy 



Bird. After he won at Kempton I sold him to 



„. ^ Mr. W. T. Jones, who wished him to 



Happy Bird 



again run for a nice stake at Leopardstown, 

 in Ireland. My son Sam took him over. 

 When the jockey presented himself to weigh out, 

 it was found I had not confirmed the entry, so 

 he could not run. The stake was between £400 

 and £500, and I was so vexed at my carelessness, 

 and sorry for my client and all concerned, that 

 I told him I considered myself answerable for the 



