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first and last. The following year, 1853, he went to 

 stay at Burghley House for the Stamford meeting. 

 Having won such races in the popular light-blue 

 and white stripes the year before, he was made a 

 great fuss of, and he dined in the housekeeper's 

 room. After dinner the latter said to him : 



" Mr. Norman, would you like to take a little 

 dessert ?" 



Norman, who had not been used to such luxuries, 

 but was one of the finest trencher-men I ever saw, 

 said : 



"Thank you, mum, I don't mind if I do, if you 

 will fetch on that beef- steak pudding again." 



He never heard the last of this remark of his, 

 and used to enjoy the joke as much as anyone. 



Norman was an extraordinarily good walker with 

 sweaters on when he was wasting. Many a time he 

 has told me that he has gone out "wasting" after 

 ten o'clock at night to get three or four pounds off to 

 ride a trial the next morning. He used to get a lot 

 of trial-riding, and although anything but a good 

 horseman in a race, he could always be depended 

 upon to ride a trial horse, and come right through 

 with him. This, after all, is a great thing, especially 

 with two-year-olds. The jockey on the " old un,"or 

 trial horse, ought always to go from end to end, to 



