CONTENTS. ix 



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Miller in the Metropolitan — Winnings on the Chester Cup — 

 Mistake as to his condition — Brigantine another example — A 

 perilous journey — How Joe Miller was ruined — Noi.ii/, ill-luck 

 in the Chester Cup — Cedric — Sutherland's luck and subsequent 

 failure — Tame Deer in the Northampton Cup — Confidence of 

 his new owner, but well beaten — Bird on the Wing — Her 

 chance in the Oaks — Sam Rogers and Frank Butler — A reve- 

 lation in fashionable jockeys ... - 158-177 



CHAPTER XI. 

 MR. PARKER (continued). 

 Joins his uncle in London — ' The pace that kills ' — Evenings at 

 Owen Swift's — Buying a watch— Skill with the gloves — 

 London ' life ' as it was — A good stock— Excellent judgment 

 of racing — An objection sustained — Jockeys and amateurs — 

 Nearly ' done ' by a welsher — An instance of enforced restitu- 

 tion— His belief in condition — Analogy from dog-training — 

 Fights between ' Pincher ' and ' Bullet ' — Admiral Rous on 

 Cedrics condition — Mr. Parker's belief in Farce, and our 

 parting — His life in retirement - 178-192 



CHAPTER XII. 



MR. FARRANCE. 



Slothfulness not the happy mean— Origin and marriage — Far- 

 rance's Hotel — Patronage of Sir Robert Peel — Custom of an 

 afternoon — Attention to personal appearance — His early 

 racing ; my own start — Horses well sold — Maley at Shrews- 

 bury Steeplechase ; speed and heavy ground — Partnership 

 with Mr. Parker ; successes not his own — Suspicious conduct 

 and separation — Mysterious loss of fortune — A wretched end 

 — Anecdotes — ' The Tally-Ho ' without a coachman — How a 

 feather-bed may be lost — Mr. Wagstaff' s clock — Parting with 

 a suit of clothes — Alderman Cubitt's watch - - 193-205 



CHAPTER XIII. 



MEN OK MY TIME, OR DANEBURY PATRICIANS. 

 Example needed on the turf — Danebury patricians— Mr. Harry 

 Biggs ; love of sport — His horses— Little Red Rover— A bit 

 of advice— Esteem for his trainer -A night in a chalk-pit. 



Lord Palmerston ; his horses — Iliona's name : she wins the 

 Cesarewitch — A welcome cheque — Buckthorn's performances ; 



