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was taken, but, of course, had nothing to do with it. 

 The man who lost it turned round and accused Abel 

 of stealing it. Immediately Abel caught hold of his 

 accuser and dragged him in front of the Stewards' 

 Stand ; and there he had quite an audience, as 

 everyone knew him. He addressed the only steward 

 present at the time (Lord William Powlett, afterwards 

 the Duke of Cleveland) thus : " My lord, you see 



this willan here : he says I took his watch. 



Don't he look more like taking mine ?" After an 

 explanation as to who Abel was, the matter was 

 settled. He was a noted character in Norfolk, 

 and lived to a good age, dying only a few years ago. 

 There are a great many quaint tales told of " Old 

 Jack," but this must suffice for the present. 



Next year we were scarcely so successful with 

 " Mr. Mellish's " horses. Still, we went the same 

 round, all over Kent, and generally trusted to 

 'Tame Deer' to Qfet us home. In the autumn we 

 were more fortunate ; Mr. George Lambert had 

 engaged me some time previously to ride ' Rocket ' 

 for the Cesarewitch, and Mr. Lambert put Mr. Smith 

 on ;^500 to nothing for my services. It was a very 

 well-arranged coup, but did not work quite as they 

 anticipated. It had been decided to try 'Rocket' 

 on Lewes race-course with ' Queenstown,' 'Tame 



