My Racing Adventures 



and part of the bill of fare. He jumped like a 

 hero throughout ; 1 sat well back, as already 

 noted, with a due appreciation of the elegance 

 of that entrancing attitude ; we never suggested 

 an impression that our fall was imminent. 

 "Coming unglued," some of the frivolous jockeys 

 call it, though I prefer to indulge in a more 

 classical style of metaphor. One is as cheap as 

 the other unless you attempt to tap a few of 

 the more depraved sources of supply. 



Nor was Mr Moore afraid to run " Why Not " 

 in public before he was stripped to compete in 

 the Grand National. For example, on 16th 

 March 1894, I won a 3 - mile steeplechase at 

 Kempton on him, and on the 29th of the same 

 month he achieved his great Aintree triumph. 

 That system of giving a " Liverpool " candidate 

 a gallop or two with the colours on in public ere 

 he is called on to make his supreme effort is, 

 according to my judgment, excellent. I have 

 known bottled -up horses that were no good 

 when, as it were, the cork was drawn. There 

 was not much of an explosion, only a bit of a 

 fizzle. A nice race is worth many gallops at 

 home ; and that Mr Moore adopted a thoroughly 

 sound policy in this case — when does he make a 

 mistake? — is sufficiently proved by the result. 



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