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in great force to back him. I remember 

 this gentleman effecting an extraordinary 

 reformation in " the manners and customs " 

 of Furley, a chestnut gelding by Honiton. 

 This horse I saw win the Great Metropolitan 

 Steeplechase at Croydon, Mr. J. M. Richardson 

 up, from a big and, in point of quality, ex- 

 cellent field, shortly after which he point- 

 blank refused to jump a stick, and turned 

 very savage into the bargain. For a long 

 time nothing could be done with him, but 

 somehow or other " Garry " got him to face 

 his fences again, and once more I witnessed 

 his victory in the same race at Croydon, 

 this time ridden by his trainer. Of the 

 latter I was once told a story, apocryphal 

 perhaps, but here it is. 



A friend of his — an Eng-lishman — crossed 

 the Irish Channel in the famous rider's 

 company, and w^hilst discussing the medita- 

 tive cigar together at their hotel in Dublin, 

 the Saxon observed — 



" Garry, I'm a stranger to this country, 

 as you know. What should you advise me 



