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" I say, Joe, thou hasn't an owd watch thou could 

 gie us, has thou ?" 



I have heard Saxon tell this tale in the Lanca- 

 shire brogue with the greatest zest possible. 



As I have mentioned, he and Barber (or Jemmy 

 Barber, as he was called) were partners for a good 

 many years, and had some very good horses. Each 

 used to run in his own colours— Saxon's, green, 

 yellow braid and cap ; and Barber's, brown jacket, 

 white cap, which many of my readers will remember 

 at a much later date. Saxon's best horses were 

 'Big Ben,' 'Brown Duchess,' 'Ancient Briton,' and 

 others. Barber's were ' Commotion,' ' Ben Webster,' 

 ' Pretty Boy,' ' Polly Peachum ' — all useful animals. 

 He also had some fairly good steeplechasers, in- 

 cludino; ' Fan,' a mare that ran second for the Liver- 

 pool Steeplechase, and afterwards gained a certain 

 amount of notoriety for refusing a certain fence in 

 the course at x'\intree. 



