CHAPTER XIV 



A PERIOD OF SUCCESS 



Caiman's "Middle Park" — What Flying Fox was — Doggerel on — "Me" 

 — Disappointments — " Impossible" — Yes or No 



The first time that I rode five winners in one day in 

 England was at Newmarket on 30th September 1898. 

 I was feehng very fit that day, and I thought I might 

 win two or three races for Lord WilUam, but the record 

 all round amounted to five — three for our own stable, 

 and two for other owners. In the first event, a Selling 

 Plate, I was just beaten a head on an animal called 

 The Wake, Tommy Loates just getting home on Eau 

 Gallic ; they were a bad lot all of them. Then came 

 the Bretby Welter, where I got well away on Draco 

 for Lord William, and won anyhow by six lengths, 

 slight odds had been laid on the winner. I won the 

 next race, the Scurry Nursery, also for Lord William, 

 on Manatee, having led all the way. In the Rous 

 Memorial Stakes the stable intended starting Desmond, 

 but Landrail was pulled out instead. There were 

 only three of us and the public had a big gamble on 

 Quassia ridden by Morny Cannon, but pushing Landrail 

 out on coming down Bushes Hill I got home easily by 

 three lengths. Libra was my next winner, another 

 of Lord William's ; in that race Tovaros was thought 

 to be a good thing, and was backed accordingly, but he 

 couldn't get a place. I brought Libra out at the same 

 place as I had the winner of the previous race and won 

 by a couple of lengths. In the Newmarket St Leger 



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