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wouldn't. He was an animal named Little Silver 

 and I knew him first in California. Somehow I 

 couldn't stand the sight of him. I never knew why 

 it was, but sometimes I thought it was because I was 

 afraid of him. I hated it every time I had to ride him. 

 I only won on him once for he wouldn't try with me. 

 But a kid named Eddie Jones, an exercise boy, could 

 take him out and win on him. He knew Jones and 

 they liked each other just as two men do. It must 

 have been a case much like that of Diamond Jubilee 

 and Herbert Jones in England. Of one thing I am 

 quite sure : you can get a real friendship with a horse, 

 and some horses as we all know develop real affection 

 for men or boys or goats or dogs, and even cats, and 

 they are jealous and nervous when the objects of their 

 affection are away. I remember discussing all these 

 points and instances with Lord William at Liverpool 

 that time. I shall have some more to say about the 

 question later on. 



Lord William would often laugh at some of the 

 experiences I had that autumn (1897) when I was 

 riding and when he didn't happen to be there to help 

 me with his knowledge and advice. For instance, I 

 was induced to go down to Leicester by an owner- 

 trainer who had a horse called Well, never mind. 



He was very serious about it. I just had to go. 

 Well when I got to the course I found that he told 

 some of my friends that they could bet on his horse. 

 This made me so mad, then and afterwards, because 

 if I had chosen I could have ridden the winner, who, 

 by the way, started favourite. The small man kept 

 me to my promise, and I know he had a bet himself 

 and that he succeeded in influencing my friends. 

 Judging from the manner we went down to the post 

 I wouldn't have taken a pound to a penny on my 



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