My Racing Adventures 



A brief note as to starting may be interpolated 

 here, though, strictly speaking, it does not come 

 under the category of foreign adventure. I had 

 the mount on " Go On " (dam of " Polar Star ") 

 in a selling race at Lewes, and there was a 

 considerable delay at the post. Mr Coventry 

 considered that he had a legitimate grievance 

 against several of the jockeys engaged, and a 

 result of his reporting them was that they were 

 fined. My own penalty to be paid amounted to 

 no less than twenty-five pounds, though I was 

 not conscious of having done anything worth 

 the money. Hence I was left in the unenviable 

 position of having won that race, and being 

 about a "tenner" out of pocket on the deal. 

 The sympathy of friends was precious to me at 

 that crisis. They could not have been kinder 

 in their attitude if they had intended to pay 

 the money themselves — which is not what 

 happened. Truly, they remembered that cash 

 in fob is never out of place. 



My rides abroad were, as will be perceived, 

 fairly successful and interesting. I certainly look 

 back on them with a great deal of pleasure. A 

 serpentine sportsman once startled me, however, 

 at Monte Carlo by informing me confidentially 

 that I should ride very well if I knew how to do 



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