CHAPTER XXX 



DOPE 



Long Priced Rides — Never saw Fred Archer — At New Orleans 



I FOUND during the following year that many visitors 

 to Paris were curious enough to ask me all sorts of 

 questions about certain incidents which had happened 

 during my racing career which had been cut off so 

 suddenly. I can remember especially being asked 

 what long shots had been steered home by me, and 

 some of the answers which were given may be useful 

 to add to those which have already appeared. In 

 England in my first season I brought off successfully 

 several 25 to 1 and 33 to 1 chances. 



Among the longer shots in America that I can 

 remember was an animal belonging to the late Louis 

 Ezell. There were plenty of 100 to 1 bets taken about 

 him that afternoon at Chicago. Remember that it 

 was away back when it was thought I couldn't ride — 

 in fact I was just at my worst ! If memory serves it 

 was in 1893. Ezell said to me : " Do the best you 

 can. I don't think he's got a chance ; at all events 

 I'll leave the colt to you." For all I know he had 

 looked about for a boy who couldn't possibly win, for 

 as I said in a previous chapter that was the kind of 

 reputation I had at the time. I happened to get fairly 

 well away and certainly I was dead keen on winning. 

 I let the colt slip along, making every post a winning 

 one. During the race there was time to think it over. 

 I had received no instructions about " pulling him 



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