CHAPTER XXII 



A VISIT TO AMERICA 



A Missed Bargain — No Record of Bets — Handicapping Americans 



When I was suspended for three weeks after the 

 Echpse Meeting at Sandown Park in July I had of 

 course nothing to do, so I took a run over to America, 

 spending part of my time there in New York and four 

 days at Saratoga. I was asked to ride but I refused, 

 as I considered that as I was suspended in England 

 there might be some objection. 



Of course I was asked any amount of questions as 

 to how the suspension came about, and the papers had 

 something to say as well, the principal statement being 

 that I must have been at my old tricks — trying to beat 

 the starter. As a matter of fact Mr Coventry had 

 told Lord Marcus Beresford that he was not altogether 

 pleased at the sentence. 



At Saratoga I gambled each day and won over 

 10,000 dollars, so it was a profitable trip. By the way, 

 the suspension I have just alluded to was the only one 

 I suffered in England, except when I was put down for 

 the remainder of the meeting (one day) at Doncaster 

 after I had beaten Eager on Lucknow. 



Returning to England I was certain that the rest 

 had done me no end of good, and I began riding about 

 the first of September. That Autumn I had my first 

 opportunity of riding on a French race-course. Baron 

 Schickler sent over for me to ride a horse in a Plate 

 for him, and I won it. The jockeys riding in France 

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