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/;/ Scmdd and Silk 



to do by way of getting a little fun and 

 excitement, eli ? " 



" Do, is it ? Well, go to the top of tlie hotel 

 steps there, and just shout ' To h — wid 

 Parnell ! ' an' if ye don't get enough fun and 

 excitement to last ye a fortnight, I'll be 

 mightily surprised ! " 



This was at the time that the " uncrowned 

 King " was in the zenith of his power. 



The year 1880 saw The Liberator — this time 

 with the steadier of 12 st. 7 lbs. on his back 

 — carry Mr. Moore again into the front rank, 

 finishing third ; whilst another representative 

 of the Green Isle, Empress, ridden by Mr. 

 Tom Beasley, won. What a wonderful family 

 for turning out first-class steeplechase riders, 

 this ! Unhappily, William has now met his 

 death at the game in Ireland. 



Speaking of AVilliam Beasley's death, it is 

 somewhat strange that, since beginning this 

 chapter, I should have, most unexpectedly, 

 chanced upon the very horse that killed him 

 when he was down at the fatal " double," 

 All's Well, now regularly ridden to hounds 



