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virtually we shall only be giving 2 lb. away.' But 

 he replied, 'No; if you get beat, your friends and 

 everyone will blame you for putting me up.' Under 

 these circumstances I had to trust the horse to the 

 hands of a boy — little Bray — who, as it turned out, 

 rode him to orders; which Alfred, or indeed any other 

 first-class jockey, may not have as faithfully carried 

 out, thinking it injudicious to have done so with the 

 extra weight. I was very confident, as I have stated, 

 and I said to my father and my brother John : 



' We all lost on him at Epsom. Now let us get it 

 back here.' 



But John would not back him. 

 ' He could not stay a mile and a half in the Derby,' 

 he argued, 'and how can he be made to stay two 

 miles and a half here ?' 



' It's the only thing he can do in this,' I replied ; but 

 repeating what I had often said before. However, he 

 would not be convinced, and was the only one of the 

 Day family who did not win a good stake on the 

 event. 



On the day of the race, just before the start, Mr. 

 K. Ten Broeck, the American sportsman, came up 

 to me and said : 



' Your horse will win, Mr. Day, if he can stay the 

 course.' 



' It's the only thing he can do,' was my now 

 stereotyped reply. 



' Well,' he rejoined, ' we shall see. I am going to 



