xii CONTENTS. 



— Comments on my riding — My brother put up for the 

 second race — An invisible difference — Mr. Merry at Wood- 

 yates — Remarkable scene — Detailed trial for the Two Thou- 

 sand — The race — Rival owners and trainers ; heavy wagering 

 — In the saddling- ring —Mine wins — The owners after the 

 race — The Derby — Kingstoicn mysteriously backed — Why 

 did Lord of the Isles lose ? — A jockey's opinion — The real 

 facts 301-312 



CHAPTER XIX. 



A TRIAL FOR MR. MERRY. 



I try Hobble Noble for the Cambridgeshire— Difference of opinion 

 as to weights — Results— Why he beat Joe Miller — Treatment 

 before the race — How it was lost — Another trial ; Weather- 

 gage for the Cesarewitch — A difference of opinion as to 

 distance — Something about Mr. Merry and his satellites — 

 His success at cocking — An old cockpit— Regret on his 

 leaving the turf — Buchanan and ' Tass ' Parker— Character- 

 istics and associations — Buchanan's betting— Loses himself in 

 a lawsuit against his employer — Different ending of the two 

 men — A doubtful gift — ' Betting on a certainty ;' but the 

 biter bit 313-323 



CHAPTER XX. 



THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND. 



Eccentricity of manner — Chorister's St. Leger ; a reminiscence of 

 ' the old Duke ' — The late Duke— Better known as Lord 

 William Powlett — Shrewdness in a bargain — Bad luck in 

 racing — Some of my ' deals ' with him — I sell him Cedric — A 

 long bargain, but a huge relief — Points left open, and their 

 settlement — Sale to him of Promised Land, and purchase of 

 Dulcibella — An intricate negotiation ; satisfactorily brought 

 off — Insurance money — Sam Rogers on the transaction — 

 Absurd charge of collusion — How Sam made a mistake — I 

 claim and keep Rouadus — His chancrs spoiled — A young 

 man's <n-atitude ------ 326-312 



