CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



Ml!. HENRY PADWICK. 



PAGE 



Wide interest in prominent figures on the turf — Erroneous con- 

 ceptions of Mr. Padwick — His origin — Business as a money- 

 lender — His home and friends — Introduction to racing — 

 Trains at Findon with my father — Purchase of Virago, and 

 her successes — Disappointed with Yellow Jack and St. Hubert 

 — A successful salesman — Three horses for £22,000 — No judge 

 of racing — Instances — Mistake in parting with Joe 1 filler — 

 Purchases Air edition from me ; thought ' too good ' — A story 

 to the point — My purchase of Blue Rock — Flying Duchess — 

 Mr. Greville repudiates a purchase — A gentleman's word, and 

 a lesson learned — Mr. Padwick as a borrower — Sharp practice, 

 and what it might have cost me - 1-22 



CHAPTER II. 



MR. henry padwick {continued). 

 The business of money-lending — Mr. Padwick's clients — His 

 share in the affair of The Earl and Lady Elizabeth • Admiral 

 Rous's interference — Conduct towards Mr. Whieldon ; repaid 

 in his own coin — Entrapped by a fair borrower — A necessitous 

 Duchess ; a loan on brickbats — Equal to the emergency — A 

 frail client — His character, method of dealing, all on one side 

 — How ancestral estates are lost — Attempt to sell a Derby 

 favourite on Sunday ; disastrous result ; the favourite miss- 

 ing — Connection with Cully and Hill — Insatiable for wealth 

 —His end .-..-. 23-34 



CHAPTER III. 



JOHN BAYNTON STARKEV, ESQ. 



The turf injured by foolish supporters — Unaccountable disappear- 

 ance of Mr. Starkey's fortune — Purchase of Veridas — Disas- 

 trous defeat ; ' save us from our friends ' — Ownership of 

 Fisherman and Leamington — Aggregate winnings — No large 



