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comedian, who was then of good standing on the 

 turf. In fact, the name was looked upon by Mr. 

 Trelawney and Sir William Cawl as all right; and 

 so the matter ended, until the Monday following, 

 when Mr. Anderson did not meet his creditors at 'the 

 Corner,' and was declared a defaulter, Mr. Trelawney 

 losing his £1,000. Now, had it not been for the 

 advice and interference of Sir William Cawl, in 

 unnecessarily requiring names, having already a good 

 one, Mr. Trelawney, strictly speaking, would have 

 been entitled to claim the money from my father. 

 This is an illustration of the proverb, ' Save me from 

 my friends ;' although I may doubt if, in this case, it 

 would have made much difference; for Mr. Tre- 

 lawney's nature was the last to stand upon his rights, 

 or claim upon a quibble, or take advantage of a mere 

 technical error. 



It was at the Bath meeting, previous to the race, 

 when Topsail had beaten Eleus at the odds of 3 to 1 

 on the latter, that Lord Maidstone wrote some 

 derisive poetry, commencing : 



' John Davis looked up ; John Davis looked down,' 

 referring of course to John Day, and to the perilous 

 position in which this and other catastrophes had 

 placed Coldrenick in the market. In fact he would 

 have been driven from favouritism to obscurity, had 

 it not been for my father's firmness. Owing to his 

 attitude, they could not do what they would — shake 

 the horse's position; and he remained favourite to the 



