22 HISTORY OF THE 



occasion, being at a hazard table at Windsor during 

 the races, a person's hand was observed by those 

 on the opposite side of the table, just in the act of 

 drawing some notes out of O'Kelly's pocket. On 

 the alarm being given, the delinquent was seized, 

 and the company were anxious that the offender 

 should be immediately taken before a magistrate ; 

 but O 'Kelly very coolly seizing him by the collar, 

 kicked the fellow down stairs, exclaiming, ' 'Twas 

 sufficient punishment to be deprived the pleasure 

 of keeping company with, jontlemen.' " 



All the best six years old horses of the year 

 having entered against Eclipse, for the King's 

 Plate at Newmarket, O 'Kelly offered to take 

 ten to one, he posted them, which being bet- 

 ted to an immense amount, and the captain 

 called upon to declare, he pronounced, " Eclipse ! 

 and nothing else,"— implying the rest to be " no 

 where ;" which was really the case, for the rider 

 of Eclipse, having received private instructions 

 to go off at score, double distanced the whole 

 with the greatest ease, leaving himself without a 

 competitor. And we believe that this was the last 

 time any horse was seen to start against him, as he 

 afterwards walked over the different courses for the 

 King's plates of the year, without a single oppo- 

 nent, and the year following entered the stud. 



