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had, and still think so to this day. Lord Ellesmere said, ' Well, 
I always hoped to win a Derby, and I believe I really won this 
one.' Of course, Charlie lost his thousand pounds, but he 
would have won a good many thousands if Highland Chief had 
won the race. 
" Captain Bowling had been an officer in the Army, and 
he lived in rooms in Jermyn Street. He was a good deal 
older than Fred, but they became great friends, and there 
was always a room for Captain Bowling when he came to 
Falmouth House. He was like a lot of Army men — very fond of 
arranging and getting things up. At last he drifted into 
living almost entirely at Falmouth House and managing 
everything. Indeed, some unkind person said to Fred once, 
' Let's see. Captain Bowling, he's your butler, isn't he ? ' 
But Captain Bowling had plenty of money of his own ; it 
was just that he had got fond of Fred, and wanted an occupation. 
He belonged to a firm of solicitors — Bowling and Creagh — and 
Mr. Creagh was the family solicitor after Mr. Jessop. Captain 
Bowling was a very pleasant man and was kind to my little 
Fred when he lived with his uncle ; he used to drill him. His 
mother lived down by Merthyr, in Wales, and after Fred's 
death my sister stayed six months with Mrs. Bowling, who 
introduced her to a lot of nice people. My sister said it was 
such a rest after the turmoil and trouble she went through at 
the time of Fred's death. Captain Bowling himself died not 
long after Fred. I should think it might have been a year. 
I remember my sister was staying with me when she heard of 
his death, and she was very much upset about it, following so 
close on Fred's death. 
" If Captain Bowhng had been aUve he could have told 
you a lot about Fred. He owned a lot of horses, and at one 
time he owned Paradox, who was known at first as the some- 
thing-or-other colt, and was called Paradox later on. He sold 
him to Mr. Cloete, I think." 
