15° IRiMno IRecollections anb Zwvt Stories 



horse called ' Nimrod,' owned by Mr. Parker, 

 engaged, I believe that I am right in saying he 

 drew money from both the owners of ' Fisherman ' 

 and ' Marionette ' to make running for them, nothing 

 having been said about his winning. This they 

 never dreamt of. Anyhow, there were four runners, 

 including 'Scent.' Jimmy Adams, the present 

 trainer, riding ' Nimrod,' jumped off at a real good 

 pace, whilst I lay second on ' Scent.' Cresswell 

 was on ' Fisherman,' and Ben Bray on ' Marionette,' 

 and they waited together a long way off As we 

 got on the far side, ' Nimrod ' still increased his 

 lead, and at the mile - post he was at least two 

 hundred yards in front of me, and I was about the 

 same distance in front of the other two. My mare 

 having broken a blood-vessel, I was pulling her up, 

 when the two came past me looking at each other, 

 and, I suppose, thinking — but I don't know why — 

 that the other horse would pull up too. All at once 

 they both set going, and go they did, but it was too 

 late, as 'Nimrod' scrambled home first by three 

 lengths. Never was the glorious uncertainty of the 

 turf more fully exemplified. It was a lucky race for 

 William Day, as he got the stakes, and I believe, 

 as I said before, a retainer from the other two 

 owners to make running, thus supporting a theory I 



