My Racing Adventures 



horses, and then we can win as many races as 

 other people — perhaps more when our circum- 

 stances are unusually desperate." That is true: 

 the spur of necessity often leads to a great deal 

 of the top-speed business with a profit attached. 

 Petty cash transactions are not considered de 

 ngueur in this arena. We do not play in marbles 

 with the bookmakers in full blast. 



Our winter gallops at Epsom are also excel- 

 lent, and the circular 2 -mile tour represents a 

 delightful journey. Starting at the back of 

 Sherwood's and finishing at Tattenham Corner, 

 we soon find out, having slipped along merrily all 

 the way, whether a horse " gets the distance," 

 whatever it may be, or whether he is no Blucher 

 in that capacity. No labour or expense is spared 

 in respect to maintaining these gallops in capital 

 trim. Suitable "schooling" hurdles are put up 

 there for practice during the winter months. 



I may also point out with becoming modesty 

 that it costs almost as much to train a horse at 

 Epsom as at Newmarket, taking jumpers and flat- 

 races together, a brilliant combination or galaxy 

 of talent ; and, having said that, I may surely be 

 allowed now to leave this court without a stain 

 on my character. The evidence I have given 

 has been thoroughly tested, and found to be 



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