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Points of the Horse, which I was unable to complete, hard 

 though I worked at it, until last year (1893). 



The Newmarket society, which I principally frequented, 

 was generally to be found in the evening at Mr Chenell's 

 White Hart Hotel. The chief habitues were Mr Jack Ham- 

 mond, Tom Brown, Bill Jarvis, 'Old Tom,' 'Young Tom,' 

 Hunt, Alf. Sadler, Jim Goater, Mr Sabin, Harry Day, and a 

 few casuals. They were a very pleasant lot of fellows, barring 

 ' Old Waterworks.' Mr Hammond is a credit to Newmarket. 

 Different from many who rise from the ranks, he never forgot 

 old friends, of whom he had many, and he was continually 

 doing kind and thoughtful actions in helping the poor and 

 unfortunate. He, like Jarvis, has very charming manners 

 and a smile that does one good to see. Every one who knew 

 him was delighted with his luck in 1884, when, with the aid 

 of that wonderful pair, St Gatien and Florence, he won the 

 Manchester Cup, divided the Derby, won the Gold Cup at 

 Ascot, the Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire, and wound up 

 by being presented to the Prince of Wales, who warmly 

 shook him by the hand, and congratulated him on his good 

 fortune. Regarding Mr Hammond merely as a professional 

 racing man, one might have thought that his methods would 

 have been tortuous and his actions veiled in mystery. Nothing 

 of the kind. When he fancied one of his horses for a race, he 

 made no secret of his hopes, and gave the tip straight enough 

 with scarlet and white (his colours) flowers in his button-hole. 

 I remember making a remark to him on the day St Gatien 

 won the Cesarewitch, about the greatness of the task his 

 magnificent three-year old had with 8 st. 10 lbs. to carry, 

 and his reply : ' The others have a bigger task to beat him.' 

 On that day and over that distance, I think the son of 

 Rotherhill or The Rover was the best horse I have ever 

 seen. Of course you will think I 'went Nap.' No, I did 

 not. Instead of putting on a ' monkey,' which I could easily 

 have done ' on the nod,' I invested the only two sovereigns I 

 had at the time in my pocket, and won £16. You see it is 



