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Jockey Norman to walk him six days in succession, 

 both to carry the same weight of clothes, twelve 

 miles each day. Brusher, however, said " No," he 

 would walk Norman two or three days, but no 

 more ; therefore there was no match. I think 

 Norman would have beaten Wells in the long-run, 

 but should certainly have backed the latter for a 

 two or three days' walk. Wells was a very strong 

 man on a horse, and used to lap his long legs round 

 them at the finish. He always sat well back in his 

 saddle, and kept fast hold of the horse's head, and 

 was a very resolute finisher. Take him altogether, 

 he was a good jockey, but, as I have said before, 

 rather eccentric in his ways. Like myself, Wells 

 won three Derbys, his mounts being on ' Beads- 

 man ' in 1858, on ' Musjid ' in 1859, and 'Blue 

 Gown ' in 1868. 



Jem Snowden was a fine horseman, but, unfor- 

 tunately, he was his own enemy. Nothing would 

 keep him away from the bottle, and no one knew his 

 weakness better than himself. I have frequently 

 seen Snowden come to the post winkino-, blinking, 

 and half laughing, and he would say to me, " Just 

 look arter us a bit, wilt thou ?" Still, I must say 

 that Snowden was a very well-behaved fellow indeed 

 when he was sober, and he would never try to take 



