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attains his full height, and that there are not weights 

 enough or scales sufficiently large to ascertain his 

 stupendous weight, which is thought to be little less 

 than that of the whole earth itself. Yet it is hoped 

 that the Automaton Weighing Machine, lately in the 

 International Inventions Exhibition at South Ken- 

 sington, Avill soon be able to solve the difficulty. 



But I must not stray into the paths of fiction. To 

 return to my subject — the question of my condition 

 when riding the Derby — I may say that in spite of 

 the alleged want of strength either to guide or ride 

 the horse, I was well enough to ride Schism in the 

 Oaks two days afterwards, and at the same weight ; 

 but as she was not a favourite, and no one lost their 

 money over her, nothing was particularly noticed of 

 my extreme weakness on that occasion. The race for 

 the Derby is one that will long be remembered, the 

 following beino- the order at the finish : 



won by half a length, a neck between the other two. 

 On returning from the paddocks to weigh in, the boy 

 who had to look after my horse assured me that I 

 had won, as my number was up. The number was 

 up, but as I knew I had not won, I felt no dis- 

 appointment when it was taken down. The race was 

 also curious for the fact that three brothers had the 



