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When first he " gained celebrity" and "got world-wide renown," 



'Twas when he won the Downshire on Tom Thumb at Punches- 

 town ; 



Then "the sporting scribes" all called him "the lucky Mr. 

 Whyte," 



And good judges praised his horsemanship, as was both just and 

 right. 



In " sixty-eight," I think it was, folks came from near and far 

 To see the great Cup Race — 'twas 'twixt Olympia and Polestar; 

 He donned the " black and vertical," rode pluckily and rare, 

 Was only beaten by a length by Harper's little mare. 



But of all the races that our friend Joe Delamere has ridden 

 The best was for the Conyngham, on the game-like little Kitten ; 

 For four miles he made the running, escaping falls and knocks, 

 But, alas I " got done" just on the post by Harford on Wild Fox. 



You've often heard of Fairyland, Gamekeeper's greatest son ; 

 You've heard, too, that at Cork Park the Grand Stand Plate he 



won ; 

 Within the bounds of " fair Kildare," though he search each hill 



and plain, 

 Joe Whyte can never hope to find so good a horse again. 



Old Polestar — you remember — the lovely little black — 



He won at least twelve races with Joe upon his back ; 



He was indeed a rare bred one (Alma Legatee) — 



Three cheers for Moffat's little horse I his like we ne'er may see. 



I landed a " cool hundred " last May, my friends, and more. 

 When Joe won the Kilmoylan Stakes down south at Curraghmore ; 

 Like a kind friend he gave "the tip" to "plunge on Lady 



Spencer" — 

 " I know the course is ugly, but the mare's a perfect fencer." 



When he won the Dublin Plate, in August, at Baldoyle, 



He charmed each sportsman true and tried who stood on Irish 



soil ; 

 For J. D. White's known everywhere — north, south, and east, and 



west — 

 Respected by the rich is he, and by the poor he's bless'd. 



The Viewmount stalls held many a crack — Ah ! who could name 



them all ! 

 Agile and Comet, Fairyland, and Nicholas IMuIhall ; 

 The Kitten, too, and N. ]\L D., and others I could tell, 

 With Heller, of the Juggler blood (please note the recent sell). 



