2i8 HEROES AND HEROINES OF 



"' Though he did not actually fall, he did what 

 was Just as good — went on to his nose and knees, 

 and on recovering put his foot through the rein ; so 

 Jewitt, who rode him, had to get off ' Well, you 

 have got your wish.' remarked the Captain to me 

 afterwards. 



"In most of the bets he made about Chandos — - 

 and he had to take very short prices — Captain 

 Machell had the black thrown in, so that he w^^n 

 nearly every bet he made. When Chandos fell two 

 fences from the canal bridge in the second round — 

 he was palpably tiring at the time — I was lying three 

 or four lengths behind him. 



" I told Jewitt on the morning of the race when 

 riding them a canter, that Chandos didn't move 

 so freely as he usually did, and he thought the 

 same, and no doubt the horse was not quite right 

 that day, although we both examined him very 

 carefully after getting in and could find nothing 

 amiss." 



Gallant old Conoress as he emeroed from the 

 paddock with flag flying and a " fear no foe " appear- 

 ance about him there was no mistaking, made many 

 friends, and not without reason as it turned out. 



But let his rider, the evergreen Mr. E. P. 

 Wilson, speak for himself. 



