OUR PARTING. I9I 



and sister, which were both good for nothing — a 

 thing we often see in breeding. I left Farce at 

 Newmarket, where he ran her, and was third. Then 

 he sent her to a trainer near where he was himself 

 living, which may have to some extent induced him 

 to make the change. I have referred at some leno-th 

 to this matter in my former book ; and will only acid 

 here, that she never won a race afterwards, though 

 heavily backed in bad company. Our parting, how- 

 ever, fortunatel} T made no difference whatever in our 

 friendship ; for we had no words over it, and I 

 visited him at his new house, and was continually 

 meeting and staying with him at race-meetings. 



Mr. Parker was, as I have said, both successful and 

 discreet. He was, moreover, frugal without covetous- 

 ness, and manly without pride. Sick of a London 

 life, he retired to his native village, and purchased 

 Sibbersfield Hall, a gentlemanly residence in the 

 neighbourhood, and with it some sixty acres of land. 

 After rebuilding and adding to the house, he made 

 paddocks, and amused himself w r ith keeping half-a- 

 dozen brood-mares, which was not a very profitable 

 speculation. But, as he did not want for money, it 

 amused him, and so they answered a useful end. He 

 w r as married, but had no family. He died at his 

 residence in his seventy- sixth year, and was buried 

 at Farndon, leaving a comfortable fortune behind him. 

 His estate was put up to auction by his executors, 

 bought in, and ultimately sold to Mr. Hudson, of 



