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time I had of it. The " Kilkenny Cats," as they 

 called them, used to go over to have a day with the 

 " Tipperary Blazers," and of course the " Tipperary 

 Blazers " would come to have the return match, as 

 it were, with the " Kilkenny Cats," and a high old 

 time of it they had, I never saw men ride like they 

 did. Most of them were full of whisky, and they 

 didn't know what fear was. 



Another real good horse trained by Goodwin in 

 1866 was ' Delight,' belonging to Mr. Carew, better 

 known as " Buster." He owned the greater part of 

 the Derby course, and I believe could walk from 

 there to Beddington Park, near Croydon, where he 

 lived, a distance of five or six miles, on his own pro- 

 perty. 



We tried ' Delight ' one day on the Limekilns 

 at Newmarket Craven Meeting (when all the 

 people were racing) with ' Saccharometer ' (Ford- 

 ham), and I rode 'Troublesome' myself: there was 

 also something else to make running. ' Delight ' 

 not only won, but did so, with young Goodwin on 

 his back, by ten lengths. I recollect Mr, Carew, 

 Captain Townley, Fordham, and myself going 

 back to the club opposite the White Hart Hotel. 

 Mr. Carew was in a great state of excitement, and 

 he wanted to know if it was possible there could 



