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over the country travelling the meetings. In those 

 days there were a great many race fixtures in Kent, 

 among them Dover, Wye, Lenham, and Chatham. 

 At one time or another we patronized them all, and I 

 should hardly think there was one of the meetings 

 named where ' Tame Deer ' did not run and win a 

 race. In fact, he was our salvation ; if all others 

 failed, we always fell back on this useful horse to 

 win the " Consolation Scramble," or, as we called 

 it, the " Getting Home Stakes." Happily for us 

 all, ' Tame Deer ' brouQ^ht it off five times out of six. 

 Yarmouth was a favourite meeting with " Mr. 

 Mellish," and I shall never forget taking four horses 

 there about 1857. They were ' Tame Deer,' ' Rotter- 

 dam,' ' Moonshine,' and ' Woodmite.' They all ran 

 on the first day, and were all beaten. In the Norfolk 

 and Suffolk Handicap, the big race of the meeting, 

 I was riding ' Moonshine,' and George Fordham 

 * Tame Deer,' both belonging to " Mr. Mellish." 

 Four horses came to the post, and curiously enough 

 the other two were in the same stable, viz., ' The 

 Druid' and 'Flimsy,' S. Rogers and E. Sharpe 

 riding respectively. It was arranged that I was to 

 make running for ' Tame Deer.' After cantering 

 up, Fordham said to me : " You must see me 

 round this top turn, or my old horse will bolt." 



