HENRY SAVILE 



Year after year he would incur the expense of 

 sendhig liorses to run for races which they did not 

 possess the remotest chance of winning, and when 

 his trainer ventured to remonstrate with him on 

 this expensive pohcy, his invariable reply was, 

 " Why, Gilbert, if we all thought as you do, there 

 would be no fields at all." He was a most liberal 

 and generous master, and when he had a good 

 week, and won two or three nice stakes, Messrs. 

 Weatherby generally received instructions to place 

 one of them to Gilbert's credit. In 1874 he won 

 the Warwick Cup with Lilian, who had been sent 

 to the meeting in charge of William Gilbert, who 

 was only fifteen years of age at the time. The 

 cup was handed over to the boy, who carried it up 

 into his bedroom, and, deeply impressed with the 

 responsibiUty of his charge, sat up with it for the 

 greater part of the night. He got it home in 

 safety, and it was placed upon his father's side- 

 board. Mr. Savile did not see it for some time, 

 when he remarked, " It looks very nice there, I 

 think it had better stop where it is," and it still 

 remains one of the most treasured heirlooms of the 

 family. During his entire career Mr. Savile raced 

 as a gentleman and true sportsman should do, 

 and many of us have still very pleasant memories 

 of the " yellow, scarlet cap, gold tassel." 



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