Anecdotes of Racehorses 89 



mount on " St. Magnus," in the same race. When the train 

 drew up at Woolwich Station, several of his friends had 

 come down to have a chat with him, and he got out of the 

 carriage to converse with them. From some wild whim, 

 they seized hold of him as the train was just going to start, 

 and then three or four of them, after swinging him back- 

 wards and forwards two or three times, with one big heave 

 pitched him up on to the roof of the carriage whilst it was 

 going on. The " Driver " clutched hold, and there he had to 

 remain till the next station was reached. It was a foolish 

 thing to do on the part of his comrades, for if he had 

 missed catching hold of something he must have been 

 killed ; but you cannot put old heads on to young 

 shoulders. The sequel was that he won the race, and 

 I was second to him, beaten by half-a-leugth. 



