OLD JOHN DAY. &T 



the ^'pony" to liim ^^ never came anig'li" afterwards! 

 Still he was always a curious contrast to many of 

 his fellows — gTim Sam Chifney, smart; cheerful Mr. 

 Conolly, or oifdacious Bill Scott. What a time it 

 must have been when he found Coronation satisfied, 

 and half the town and trade of Oxford ruined — with 

 ** Sweet William" slang-ing* him along'side on Satirist, 

 ^' Does he pull you nowy John ?" " Beg-g-ar your looks/' 

 John must have answered if he could have said anything', 

 as he tried to pull the slashing son of Sir Hercules tog-e- 

 ther for a final effort. But they are both gone, and before 

 them how many that might help to tell the story of 

 ^^ Honest John's" eventful and respectable life. Goodison, 

 Arnull, Clift, Wheatley, and Chifney herald him on New- 

 market Heath in an age all but passed away ; while Wells 

 may still talk over his leg up to Virago, or ^'Young- 

 John" dwell on the lingering fondness of the old gentle- - 

 man for giving them "• a spin." 



