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Now ' Quince ' was the nickname of a stable-boy 

 who had won a lot of money over a horse so called in 

 the Goodwood Stakes. On this occasion Mr. Parker's 

 action was effective, for neither ' Jones ' nor ' Quince ' 

 was seen in the vicinity of the ring for the remainder 

 of the week. 



He had, as most people have, a strong aversion to 

 being welshed ; not, I think, that he ever was so 

 nearly done as on the occasion named. But he hated 

 the whole tribe, and showed this detestation in a 

 marked manner when, at another time, one of these 

 gentry had lost and forgotten to pay his nephew, 

 Mr. Thomas Upton, £15 the week before, and when 

 confronted by his creditor, repudiated all knowledge 

 of the transaction. Mr. Parker was a man of few 

 words, and went straight to the fellow in the ring at 

 Goodwood, where he was betting in tens and fifties. 



' This gentleman,' said Parker to him, and pointing 

 to Mr. Upton, ' wants £15 of you for last week.' 



'Me?' 



' Yes, you.' 



' Why, I don't know the man ; never saw him 

 before ; and was ill in bed all last week. He must, 

 therefore, have made a mistake, I assure you.' 



' It's not worth discussing,' replied Parker, and 

 immediately threw the fellow on his back and lugged 

 him up the lawn in front of the stand, walking back- 

 wards, just as a dog would draw a badger, into the 

 weighing-room (which in those days was in the 



