52 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



all appearance, not a day older than when I spent a 

 similar evening with him in Silvio's year. 



We are on the Heath betimes next morning. And 

 what a beautiful morning this Saturday was, and how 

 many rumours were flying about ! With one consent 

 trainers seemed to have taken to the race-course side, 

 and it was bruited about that various important gallops 

 were to take place. The Deemster, among others, was 

 to be put through the mill Mr J. B. Leigh and Lady 

 Rose Leigh had come down specially to see the spin 

 so everyone was on the alert, and there, sure enough, 

 on driving down to the stand, were Jewitt's lot walking 

 about, and The Deemster himself, easily to be recog- 

 nised from his strange old-fashioned head and general 

 wear - and - tear appearance. He certainly looked in 

 perfect health, with a rare bloom on his quarters, and we 

 are not a little anxious to see how he acquits himself. 



DORCAS'S FORM 



Before The DeemsteV gallops, however, we have the 

 opportunity of once more seeing Dorcas do her work, 

 and she certainly does it in magnificent form, covering 

 an immense amount of ground in her stride, and going 

 with the greatest resolution. I believe that I am not 

 betraying,ariy confidence when I state that she has twice 

 been tried to be about a length better than Melody, and 

 that she stays well. Corstorphine and Mimi 1 are both 

 thoroughly fit for the Oaks, and even their trainer would 

 be puzzled which to back for that race, the only point of 

 note being that Corstorphine is more suited for a course 

 like the Leger than the hills and turns of Epsom. 



But now, sure enough, Mr Leigh and Lady Rose 



1 Mimi won the Oaks with Corstorphine second. 



