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rather a warm argument about who were to be the 

 respective jockeys. It ended in Sharpe and myself 

 being told to change caps, and I donned the black 

 one and rode ' Thormanby.' Sharpe, on the back 

 of ' Northern Light,' had orders to make running 

 for me, but he was never in the first ten. I never 

 really quite made out what became of him. Once I 

 heard him calling out for me to go and take his 

 place when he was hemmed in on the rails soon 

 after passing the mile-post, but as I was very well 

 placed, and lengths in front of him at the time, I of 

 course did not take any notice. What has become of 

 Sharpe now is beyond my knowledge, but I think 

 that he must be dead. He never returned to Russia, 

 and was loafing about London for years afterwards. 



Mr. Merry is reported to have won about 

 ;^8<,,ooo over ' Thormanby 's ' Derby. I recollect 

 Mr. Dawson telling me he never saw such a sight in 

 his life as the table at Mr. Merry's house in Eaton 

 Place one night, when ' Thormanby 's ' master and 

 his wife were counting out the notes and putting the 

 cheques together. Mr. Merry had collected over 

 ;^75,ooo on the Monday. I think there were two 

 settling days at that time over the Derby, the 

 Monday and Tuesday. 



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