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Goodall had been looking on and chaffing them. 

 Presently it came to his turn. I suppose he caught 

 hold of the old horse's mouth a bit too sharp — I 

 always left it to him, as I said he knew more about 

 the game than I did — anyhow, ' The Doctor ' put both 

 his feet into the bottom of the ditch and turned a 

 complete somersault, throwing poor old Frank right 

 into his high hat, and completely smashing it. Goodall 

 has kept the hat ever since, and during the time he 

 lived at the Royal Kennels at Ascot it always hung 

 in a conspicuous place in the hall, just over the old 

 ' Doctor's ' shoe, which Goodall would have taken off 

 the horse's club-foot when he arrived home, after 

 riding him in a good run in the afternoon. Frank 

 always says that ' The Doctor ' was the biggest and 

 best jumper he ever rode. 



On one occasion her Majesty the Queen was at 

 the Kennels at Ascot, where she was very fond of 

 spending an hour or two, and she happened to notice 

 the very battered old hat, with all the dirt on ; for 

 Goodall fell into a ploughed field, all red land, and 

 being very wet it stuck on well. Her Majesty 

 asked Goodall if there was any history attaching to 

 it. He then told her the whole of the tale, about 

 chaffing the other men whose horses were making 

 mistakes, and blundering through the fence, and then 



