So MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



descent from Bend Or. She has rare limbs, is as sound 

 as a bell, and stays. That much we can say for her ; 

 and now she has gone down under the care of Arthur 

 Briggs to do a " sweating pace" gallop with Mons Meg 

 and Melody. These three belong to Mr Dan Cooper, 

 the well-known Australian sportsman, and he is so 

 popular that his victory on Wednesday at Epsom would 

 be hailed with enthusiasm. And as I wait on the hill, 

 some distance away across the heath, I am entertained 

 by Mr Jennings and Mr Dawson with reminiscences 

 of great horses they have trained, from Thormanby 

 and Gladiateur down to St Simon, Minting and Sheen. 

 Jennings has a very kindly recollection of Chamant, who, 

 no doubt, was a flyer till he went wrong after the Two 

 Thousand ; but Mathew Dawson reminds him of what 

 a horse Verneuil was that year when he carried all 

 before him at Ascot. Indeed, Mathew Dawson has 

 good cause to remember Verneuil, for he trained both , 

 Silvio and Hampton, whom the big chestnut galloped 

 fairly to a standstill in the Ascot Cup. 



iHE GALLOPS 



As we keep on gossiping horse after horse passes us 

 at various rates of speed ; some merely cantering, others 

 bustling along in view of early engagements, and many 

 far too many proclaiming with no uncertain note the 

 wind infirmity which is such a curse to our blood stock. 

 Anything of account is pointed out to me, and among 

 these was Peter Flower, who struck me as tackling 

 the hill neither resolutely nor like a stayer, and I 

 shall be much surprised if he gets near the front in 

 the Derby. But now come the three that I am specially 

 looking for Melody, Mons Meg and Dorcas and I 



