'' Plenipo',' '' Colonist,'" and '' King George'' 195 



horse, a perfect model of a weight-carrier, and though very 

 high-couraged, yet was an easy horse to ride. 



The commencement of my riding for his owner, Don 

 T. Heredia, was a piece of hick for me. I had gone to 

 Granada to ride on the first day of the races for Captain 

 Luxford, who was at home on leave, and in the evening 

 was at supper in the garden of the Washington Irving 

 Hotel, with some other jockeys. Heredia came up to our 

 table, and said, " I want some one to ride ' Plenipo ' for 

 me in the Ladies' Plate to-morrow, can any of you ride ? " 

 I thought for a moment, and then replied, " I will." It 

 was a fortunate chance perhaps for both, for up to that 

 time, the middle of June, Heredia had not won a single 

 race that year, but before the season closed we won 

 sixteen. After we had struck the bargain, I said to him, 

 " Is not ' Plenipo ' engaged in the King's Prize to-morrow 

 also ? I can ride him in that, too, if you like." He 

 replied, " Yes, he is, but I have brought Garcia to ride 

 him." " Oh ! all right," I answered, for Garcia was a 

 capital jockey, who had long been in Count Lagrange's 

 stable, and came to England when the Count's horses 

 first came over to Newmarket. He had saved enough to 

 retire upon, and returned to Spain to spend the rest of 

 his life, but still frequently rode at the different meetings, 

 " But," returned Heredia, " I should prefer you to ride in 

 both races for me." I thereupon told him I should be 

 very glad to do so, if he could make arrangements with 

 Garcia, and he went off to interview him. He presently 

 returned and said that Garcia had expressed himself quite 

 willing to retire in my favour, though he would not resign 

 his mount to any other jockey, and that he was to receive the 

 same fee, win or lose, as if he was riding instead of me. 



