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to try and arrange an overdraft. I was afraid that 

 there was only a sum of three or four hundred dollars 

 to my credit. Wlien I had worked up to the suggestion, 

 the manager asked : " How much do you want ? " 

 " Five thousand dollars," I answered. I knew I was 

 good for that sum. 



" Let's see how you stand first," he said, and in a 

 minute showed me a slip of paper with nine thousand 

 dollars odd written on it — to my credit, mind you. 



" Wiat do you want to draw fourteen thousand 

 dollars for ? " he demanded. 



I was taken aback and told him I only wanted to 

 take five thousand, but that I had made a mistake in 

 checking my pass-book. As a matter of fact I never 

 went through the items in my life ! 



Before leaving New York I received two fine dogs, 

 pointers, from England. One was given me by Lord 

 Charles Beresford, and the other by Lord Marcus. 

 They were brought over in a private cabin and were 

 looked after by poor Andrew Latimer, who was then 

 Chief Steward of the New England. He was a great 

 friend of mine and of many of those who may read 

 this. It will be remembered that after several changes 

 of boats he lost his life in the Titanic disaster. Such 

 a real good friend to me he was, open hearted and 

 generous, in fact an all-round good fellow. 



I took out to California the two dogs. I was greatly 

 pleased with the present and it is a pleasure to me to 

 know that there is hardly a good pointer in California 

 to-day who does not trace back in his pedigree to 

 Wisdom or Whisper, the names of the two. Breeders 

 in California owe a deep debt of gratitude to Lord 

 Charles and Lord Marcus. 



I rode for a while in the very early spring on the 

 Californian track, especially at Ingleside, and was in 



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