CHAPTER X. 



MR. PARKER. 



Varied experiences — Commences racing — Purchase of One Act — 

 Her trial and our expectations — How defeated — Forestalled 

 and struck out. Running at Chester ; remarkable dream — Joe 

 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 — Noisy, 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 revelation in 

 fashionable jockeys. 



The gentleman of whose doings I shall attempt to 

 give some account in this and the following chapter, 

 was not one who deserves a prominent notice on 

 account of high birth or the achievement of daring- 

 deeds by sea or land. Yet he was a character who, 

 in the racing world, stood conspicuous for many 

 virtues deserving of recognition. 



' Honour and shame from no condition rise ; 

 Act well your part, there all the honour lies,' 



is an axiom which was carried out in his career. 

 Mr. Joseph Parker was the son of a large farmer 



