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said, so he mournfully took off the new suit, 

 dressed himself in his ordinary things and presently 

 proceeded to the course. Here he met Mr. Graham, 

 who appeared to be nearly as much upset about 

 the matter as he was, and said apologetically, " It 

 isn't me, Heartfield, I've been overpersuaded by 

 friends ; Daley's going to ride, and you're on 

 two hundred to nothing." Tom was just in that 

 frame of mind to feel that money was valueless to 

 compensate him for his disappointment, and he 

 derived far more consolation from the outspoken 

 sympathy of nearly all the other jockeys. To this 

 day he entertains a grateful remembrance of the 

 way they stood by him, and specially of the kind- 

 ness shown by Tom Chaloner, who gave him some 

 excellent advice. "Don't show you're annoyed, 

 go and help saddle the mare as though you didn't 

 mind ; they never win after this sort of thing, 

 Vauban's sure to beat her." At that time Chaloner 

 was in the very zenith of his career, and contesting 

 with George Fordham the position of leading 

 jockey of the day, so his words naturally had great 

 weight with a youngster, and Heartfield went off 

 and assisted to put Regaha to rights. Just before 

 her jockey had a leg up, Woolcot turned to 

 Heartfield and said, " You know the mare best, 

 tell Daley how to ride her." Under all the cir- 

 cumstances of the case, I think it will be generally 

 agreed that this was trying poor human nature a 

 little too high, and Heartfield cannot be much 

 blamed for rehnquishing all chance of the promised 

 £200 and seizing his opportunity of repaying in kind 

 the somewhat shabby treatment he had received. 

 " You know how she pulls and bores with her head 

 down ? take hold of her head, pull the bit through 

 her mouth, and be her master," was the insidious 

 advice that he gave Daley, which, being faithfully 



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