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out ! Fm ashamed of you.'* I have always 

 been certain in my own mind that if 6 lb. more 

 than the proper weight had been placed in the 

 scales Wells would still have pulled it. He 

 made a great mistake when he spent the previous 

 night in convivial fashion, and a much greater 

 one when he tried to cover up his foolishness 

 by a piece of sharp practice. 



When we got outside the weighing room, 

 I said to Wells : ** This is a very sad business. 

 You had better see Sir Joseph at once and have 

 it out with him." Adopting my suggestion. 

 Wells sought an interview. Sir Joseph, who 

 had lost ;f4000 by the disqualification of Blue 

 Gown, refused, however, to talk to him then. 

 He ordered the crestfallen jockey to call upon 

 him the following morning, at the same time 

 telling him his services would not be required 

 again that week. After Wells had seen Sir 

 Joseph the next day, he said to me: ** I got more 

 weight off during the twenty minutes I was in 

 that room than I did in the course of anv walk 

 I ever took.'* And I can quite believe it. Wells 

 did not wear Sir Joseph's colours again until 

 October, when, at Newmarket, he rode Xi to 

 beat The Earl in a Match — a performance in 

 which he excelled himself. He was now for- 

 given his senseless behaviour at Doncaster, and 

 his relations with Sir Joseph were ever after- 

 wards all that those between a servant and his 



