Contents 



CHAPTER I. 



PAGE 



Earliest Days — My First Winner — I go to South Hatch, Epsom 

 — " Mr. Mellish " travels the Meetings — Racing at Yarmouth 

 — Winning Mounts on 'Tame Deer,' etc. — Jack Abel, the 

 Norwich Horse-dealer — Engaged to ride ' Rocket ' in the 

 Cesarewitch — Victories at Newmarket — I go to live with 

 Matthew Dawson at Russley — Mr. Ten Broeck, the American 

 Sportsman — George Fordham caught napping . . 1-18 



CHAPTER II. 



Mr. James Merry and Matthew Dawson — ' Dundee ' breaks 

 down in the Derby — ' Folkestone ' compared with ' The 

 Bard ' — ■' Thormanby's ' Derby — A Dead Heat for the City 

 and Suburban — Tom Taylor and his Employers — A Nasty 

 Trial at Bretby Park ..... 19-32 



CHAPTER III. 



'Thormanby' wins the Ascot Cup — Luke Snowden— ' Lord 

 Clifden's' Trial as a Two-year-old — Tom Wadlow and his 

 Racing Calendar — Mr. John Mannington and George 

 Fordham— A French Filly wins the Oaks : her Guard of 

 Honour. ...... 33-41 



