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repayment of the advance — gave assurance doubly 

 sure that the dear, generous old uncle could deny the 

 nephew nothing. So a second application was con- 

 fidently made, this time for the loan of a couple of 

 thousand. To the nephew's great astonishment the 

 request met with a flat refusal. 



' No,' said the uncle ; ' you deceived me.' 



1 How V answered the nephew hastily. ' I repaid 

 you punctually.' 



' Yes, indeed,' retorted the other ; ' but I never 

 expected you would! 



One word more concerning the sale of Alvediston, 

 which horse had been called after the place where 

 I was living. The sale was duly set forth in the 

 local paper, and a Mr. H. Parham, a farmer in the 

 neighbourhood, wrote to me and inquired, ' if I 

 did not want to farm it myself, would I be good 

 enough to ask Mr. Padwick if he would give him the 

 offer of it to rent V I need not say Mr. Parham was 

 not a racing man. 



Of other dealings direct or indirect with Mr. Pad- 

 wick, I call to mind the following : On the occasion 

 of his purchase of Lord Exeter's stud by private 

 contract, the horses were resold by public auction, or 

 in other ways. One of them, Blue Mock, I bought as 

 a yearling for ten guineas at Tattersall's. He proved 

 a good investment, winning the Great Eastern Handi- 

 cap, the Cup at Shrewsbury, and other races. The 

 then Lord Anglesey was also fortunate in buying at 



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