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near Chester, and a successful man in all his business 

 undertakings. He lived a curious life, and did many 

 things worthy of note outside of his career on the 

 turf, with which I was intimately connected. As we 

 may, I think, learn a good deal from his experiences 

 in racing, I propose first to deal with the perform- 

 ances of some of his horses, and leave his personal 

 characteristics and his doings in other directions for 

 notice after I have said what I have to say on the 

 former topic. 



He commenced racing in partnership with Mr. 

 Farrance, an old friend of his, in 1849. In the 

 following year my father bought Joe Miller, at the 

 Newmarket July meeting, for them and Mr. Pad- 

 wick, giving £300 for him. The horse was then 

 about as big as a good- sized foal, and remained a 

 pony until the day of his death, like most of the 

 Venison produce, who himself, whilst running, was 

 little larger. Mr. Parker had few horses then. In 

 fact, he never had a large stud, scarcely more than 

 half a dozen at a time. The following are the names 

 of some of his horses : Teddy, Aldford, Grosvenor, 

 Cardinal Wiseman, Cedric, Sutherland, Tame Deer, 

 Noisy, One Act, Joe Miller, and Avenger. 



One Act, originally the Extravaganza filly, and 

 thus neatly named, I bought at Mr. Johnstone's sale 

 at Doncaster for 300 guineas, as the joint property 

 of Messrs. Parker, Farrance, and myself. She was 

 low and long, with plenty of substance, but stood 



