CHAPTER XXII. 



ZACHARIAH SIMPSON, ESQ. 



Excellent position as a banker— Perverse misuse of it — An 

 example at Newmarket — Turf career— Our joint ownership of 

 horses. 



Traducer in the Two Thousand — The Gillie's dead-heat with 

 Brick — The trial and the race— Manrico — Getting a horse out 

 of a well — A bet luckily recovered — Partial stud successes — 

 How a breeding establishment may be ruined — Curious disposal 

 of yearlings — Other costly occupations, and result — A fortune 

 saved on a pound a week — The teeth-test with chickens and 

 horses — How Delilah lost and won her pedigree — Social 

 attributes. 



Mr. Simpson, of Diss, in Norfolk, was probably one 

 of the most eccentric men of the age ; though he did 

 not betray outwardly the least symptom of any pecu- 

 liarity. He dressed as other gentlemen were usually 

 attired, neither foppishly nor meanly. His household 

 establishment was in keeping with his social position. 

 He had his meals at fashionable hours ; and took 

 walking, riding, and driving exercise, and in no way 

 differed from the custom of living the life of a country 

 gentleman. He married when young a Miss Manning, 

 an attractive lady of considerable fortune, who pos- 



