(]4 TALES AND TRAITS OF SPOUTING LIFE. 



and with o comfortable competence settled liimself with 

 his son William at Woodyates. He died here, after 

 having- been indisposed for some time, on Wednesday, 

 March 21, 1860. 



There are few public men in his way of life who had 

 anore peculiarities, or were better known on a race-course. 

 It was, in fact, impossible to mistake ^* Honest John" on 

 his horse. He had a very noticeable hollow in the back, 

 good w^idth of shoulder, and that peculiar cast of counte- 

 nance there was no mistaking. He was altogether a well- 

 made little man, but he was scarcely ever a g-reat horse- 

 man. There are comparatively few brilliant bits associated 

 with his name. He rather wanted style, too, particularly 

 in his set-to ; but he w^as a careful, safe man, and seldom 

 jQade a mistake. Still, we repeat, it is as a trainer that 

 John Day will be remembered. There was no better 

 judge of a young- one, and no one knew better what to do 

 with him, ?/ he could only stay to learn all John coiild 

 teach him. His preparation was proverbially severe, and 

 not many could stand it. 



^' Well, John," said Isaac Sadler to him one day, 

 as the former was watching* three of his two-year- 

 olds at exercise — " Well, John, what do you think 

 of them?" 



John '' beggared his looks," and hinted something not 

 very complimentary. 



'^ Ah, uevdj n.ind,"' answ-ered Isaac j " I will tell you 

 what they have got, John — they have got twelve sound 

 legs amongst them, and that's more than you can coimt 

 amongst your fifty up there," 



On another occasion, John liimself asked a friend's 

 opinion of five youngsters of Lord George's that had just 

 come up fi-om Doncaster. 



