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wasn't the loss of the five pounds, but what I suppose 

 annoyed him was that I had been so cocky about my 

 certainty of winning. I saw him several times after- 

 wards but he never relaxed. Even once in Chicago 

 when I called on him when he was passing through he 

 was as cold as can be. I deserved it I suppose, and 

 I wonder Lord William took it so well. The whole 

 cause of my losing that race is summarised in one word, 



TEMPER. 



Morny Cannon was having a rare good time that 

 year, for besides winning three classic races he had taken 

 the Great Yorkshire Handicap on Calveley, the City 

 and Suburban with Newhaven II., and a lot more. 

 His score for that season was a hundred and twenty 

 wins. For a long time we got on very well together. 

 But the new style of riding passed him by for he could 

 never be induced to adopt the forward seat. He need 

 not have ridden very short to have accomplished this. 

 I would repeat that it was quite a false idea that I rode 

 very short : that was left to those who followed me. 



Fred Rickaby, a first-class rider, used to come out 

 and take pointers from me ; what I mean to say is he 

 was not above doing so, just as I would have done had 

 it been to my advantage. Sam Loates was quick to 

 take anything too and Madden was a hustling rider 

 who I always had to look out for. In fact Madden 

 took as much shaking off as any of those I rode against 

 in 1899. He topped the list with a hundred and thirty 

 wins. 



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