Photo, by H . R. Sherborn, Newmarket. 



CHAPTER XIV. 



Frank Fillis — Bill Hayes — Mickey Miley — Horse Photography— Journalism 

 in India — Shows in India — Mr Woodyear — Arthur Hancock — Captain 

 Astley, ' The Mates' ' Brother. 



DURING the last season we spent in Calcutta, we saw 

 a good deal of Frank Fillis who had recently come 

 with his circus from South Africa, where he had made two or 

 three fortunes, and lost them in the crash which took place 

 after the mining boom. He is nephew of the famous James 

 Fillis, who is the greatest living exponent of the French 

 high school of riding, and who happens to be a Londoner. 

 Frank Fillis is a capital circus rider, does the ' jockey act ' to 

 perfection, is a good trainer, fine horseman, and is a wonder- 

 fully hard-working fellow. He is a man of big ideas, and 

 never counts the cost so long as he can give the public a 

 good show. He had a great deal to tell me about South 

 Africa, where he advised us to go, especially after he had 



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