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length. To give, an instance, he always declared 

 Colonel Forester should never be a member of the 

 Jockey Club whilst he was alive, and on one occasion 

 he travelled all the way from Glasgow, and had a 

 special train part of the journey, on purpose to black- 

 ball him. As one black ball is sufficient, the Colonel 

 never was elected until after the Earl's death, when 

 he left the Colonel a good legacy — I believe ^20,000 

 — apparently as a reward for the injury he had done 

 him. 



The late J. Mannington, the veterinary surgeon, 

 used to tell a capital story about George Fordham. 

 They were very great friends, and George always 

 stayed with him, for the races, at his place in 

 Middle Street, Brighton, and both were fond of a 

 joke. A friend of Mr. Mannington's kept a riding 

 school, and having a new riding-master, who was 

 a great swell in his way, they thought they would 

 have a lark with him. It was arransfed Fordham 

 should go as a pupil to take riding lessons. They 

 first put George on a pony, and he would keep 

 getting into every position he should not, much to 

 the riding-master's disgust. At last the latter got 

 Fordham to sit fairly straight, so that he could trot 

 up and down the school by himself — he had had the 

 pony led previously. At the finish the tutor said : 



