LONG PRICED RIDES 



in behind," and if I had I would not have followed 

 them — I shouldn't even have listened. I think my 

 friends and those who have criticised me can say with 

 perfect certainty that nothing would ever satisfy me 

 but to win. I looked round in that race in Chicago 

 and could see nothing near me. Still I shook my 

 mount up, and I won pulling up. My brother Cash 

 rode in the same race and told me afterwards that he 

 was never so surprised in his life. It was like his 

 cheek ! By the way, although he was always known 

 as " Cash," his proper name was Cassius Braynand 

 Sloan, the second name being after my Uncle Braynand. 



After the race just alluded to Ezell was not pleased 

 — no, not at all ! He said : " WTiat did you go and 

 win for ? I wanted to bet on this one when I thought 

 he had a chance. You ought to have known that it 

 was the first time I had him out." 



I didn't figure it up but I came to the conclusion 

 that it was a question of his wanting me to " qualify " 

 him. However, surely he knew I was too inexperi- 

 enced for that. It wasn't worth while answering for 

 I was so tickled to death at winning a race. Ezell 

 thought me a fool and left it at that. 



There were several long priced winners in England, 

 Sea Fog for instance, whom I rode for Sir R. Waldie 

 Griffith. If I remember rightly this horse started at 

 33 to 1. It was before the American invasion and 

 before anyone had started betting blindly on anything. 

 I had the good or bad luck to ride. Sea Fog brought 

 me in a nice little bit of spending money for I had a 

 standing bet of ten pounds each way on each of my 

 mounts. 



Another question I may as well answer here is as to 

 what horse I have personally found the most con- 

 sistent. In answering I should certainly include 



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