2 34 In Scarlet and Silk 



Page's at Sandown, when Lord Marcus 

 Beresford, who was then starter to the 

 Jockey Club, told me that he had been to 

 see him, and found his head literally split 

 open : how he ever recovered is a marvel ; 

 ]jut then Page himself is a marvel ! Poor 

 Sensier, again, and Sam Daniels both lost 

 their lives over the " sticks." 



I remember seeing a comical hurdle race 

 run at Bromley, where a blundering old black 

 mare, jiamed (I think) Queen Bee, made all 

 the running — it was in the old days of " mile 

 and a half over six flights," for the abolition 

 of which our thanks are due to Lord Marcus 

 Beresford — and she knocked down a hurdle 

 at every flight. I don't think -we had to 

 jump one ! It was on this course, too, that 

 I saw a ridiculous incident, many years ago. 

 One horse kept breaking away at the start, 

 until "the man with the flag " got into a 

 fearful rage, and let out at the jockey of the 

 recalcitrant in no measured terms. I must 

 say I think the rider in question was trying 

 to aggravate him in order to make the rest 



