200 The Course, the Camp, the Chase 



have won if I had tried to keep up with the leader at that 

 delicate part of the contest. He could not appreciate the 

 skill involved in the proceeding, and really thought as he 

 spoke. His trainer, however, thoroughly understood the 

 necessity of the case, and warmly congratulated me after- 

 wards, and was most annoyed with his master for his want 

 of judgment. Mr. " Marland " was a rich man com- 

 paratively, and yet though I won many races for him he 

 never made me the slightest acknowledgment. He was 

 one of three owners for whom I have trained and ridden, 

 and won many races, finding myself out of pocket in many 

 small ways, besides my travelling expenses, for which I 

 could make no charge, yet who never offered to pay any- 

 thing towards them, or gave me the slightest present. 

 These three owners must have had an income of at least 

 £300,000 per annum between them. Other owners, 

 some nearly as poor as myself, on the other hand, have 

 been most generous, occasionally almost too much so ; and I 

 have nearly always found that people of moderate incomes 

 are more generous, and more thoughtful in saving others' 

 expense, than rich men who could so easily afford it, and 

 would never miss what is a serious item to the others. 



On another occasion also I was blamed for the manner 

 in which I won a most desperately ridden race, by an 

 owner who did not understand race-riding. My mount was a 

 good stayer, but deficient in speed, and before we had gone 

 a quarter of a mile I was being tailed off. As the horse 

 had been in my string the year before, I thoroughly knew 

 his capabilities, and I at once began to urge him to his 

 utmost speed, even taking up my whip and threatening 

 him, without actually hitting him. It was only a six- 

 furlong race, and there was no time to lose. When we 



