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journey, from Yarmouth to Epsom ! However, 

 happily, we were not driven to extremes, as the next 

 day there were four events. I took the first on 

 ' Rotterdam ' ; the second, a hurdle race, ' Moon- 

 shine ' won ; the next w^as a race that didn't fill the 

 night before. They made it a handicap on the 

 course, and I entered ' Rotterdam ' and ' Tame 

 Deer,' They handicapped the former very badly, 

 but I was obliged to run him, and keep ' Tame Deer ' 

 for the '* Consolation Scramble " for beaten horses. 

 I rode ' Rotterdam ' in the mile handicap, and 

 waited until we came to the turn, where ' Tyre,' who 

 was favourite and ridden by Johnnie Daley, then 

 quite a boy, ran out, and took two others with him, 

 leaving me with a good lead. This I kept, and won 

 the third race that day. Then came the " Consola- 

 tion," for which they gave ' Tame Deer ' 10 st. 4 lb. 

 As Judge Clarke remarked at the time, he was obliged 

 to give somebody else a chance. However, 'Tame 

 Deer ' proved successful ; and so we finished up a 

 great meeting for the South Hatch horses, and 

 returned to Epsom laden with bloaters ! 



About that time there was a very eccentric 

 character named Jack Abel, of Norwich. He was a 

 horse-dealer, and owned a horse called ' Abel Jack,' 

 which he ran in a selling race at this Yarmouth 



