3j2 field and fern. 



Dawson^ s, in the big field in front of fhe house at 

 Hallheaths^ and by dipping into the holme, and so 

 back again into the park, they made a very good 

 IJ miles out of it. There was also a gallop for hard 

 weather on Thorniethwaite Moor, where he used to 

 freshen up the decayed thoroughbreds, which Tom 

 Dawson picked up for hira, when he horsed the mail 

 between Hanginshaw and Gretna. One of the best 

 -and fastest wheelers he ever used was by an Arab he 

 bought at TattersalFs. He was always at the great 

 race meetings, and no one delighted more in seeing 

 the early gallops at Chester, or, if it was wet, watch- 

 ing them from his window in Paradise Kow. Good- 

 wood was his delight, and we used to see him pacing 

 slowly up and down the esplanade, with his hands 

 behind his back, considering whether "Charles'-' 

 and the "crimson, and green cap'^ would win the Cup 

 next day. Young Job Marson had already con- 

 founded Newcastle by just beating Beeswing with 

 the long striding brown over their own Town Moor ; 

 but it was not until he beat Frank Butler a head on 

 Hyllus over Goodwood, after a tremendous finish in 

 which "the maiden bay''' tried to savage Charles, 

 that he fairly won his spurs with the public. He 

 was up again the next year, in the thousand-guinea- 

 aside match, and Kobinson, who had a hundred- 

 guinea retainer, rode Hyllus. Nothing could 

 alter the '41 form, and Job was mortified enough 

 when the first call of Lord Westminster for Sleight 

 of Hand forced him to give up his cup mount to 



