^TIIE AMERICAN YEAR; iZZi. \Cc) 



Archer, Cannon, and Wood, and poor j\rDonald and 

 Watts, Barrett and Osborne, whom no money could 

 buy, and hundreds of bookmakers who are as 'square 

 as brokers and bankers; but, as I say, I choose to 

 anticipate a certain amount of my probable winnings 

 in the way of insurance, and whether that has any- 

 thing to do with what you call my phenomenal success 

 I must leave you to judge.' 



Further says Mr, Walton, in his frank, off-hand way: 

 ' We surely have a right to presume that when a 

 gentleman starts a horse for a race it is his intention 

 to win if he can. Very well, then, he cannot take up 

 the position that I have paid his servants to disobey 

 his orders, and why I am not at liberty to express my 

 admiration for a brilliant piece of horsemanship by a 

 substantial money gift, just as actors and singers aro 

 often loaded with handsome presents by persons other 

 than those who pay their salaries, I am at a loss to 

 understand.' 



An account of the American j'ear would certainly 

 have been incom[)lete if it had contained no reference 

 to the doings of Mr. Walton. The story of the Ameri- 

 can's interview with an honourable baronet who lost 

 his temper because Walton had 'dared' to back his 

 horses was told at considerable length by the 'plunger,' 

 but as that irascible but kindly-natured gentleman 

 has in all probability repented the part he played ou 

 the occasion, the incident shall not be further per- 

 petuated hero. 



