THE BLIGHTER: A GOOD HORSE.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 8703, 27 January 1894, Page 2

THE BLIGHTER: A GOOD HORSE.

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Dramatic, . . I] ' '• :'' ■'"■. ;T I The pedigree was all right. By Biol | Ruin out of that grand mare Destltfltif® |> (by Ob, Dear J), I was obliged to call W« Sj the Blighter; and after I had relieved of f\ mind in that way, my friends rallied rtcw || mc, remarking, " He's at it again; tlwflM B man trying to be funny." It is curious | that they never encourage my strujrgtest* h make them laugh or even snigger; tie/ || leave the room. Why, I wonder? WE cannot suppose that they are going fcsg«* p rid of mo by that simple device: and «b«o X —I say wlun with fierce emphasis—**! 3 || just bubbling over with fun, | than a steam roller with tho latest era* | lag Improvements, can repress* tne. «* & man honestly tries to cultivate among »» m fellow creatures a sense of humour, cm g> though (like many funny men) he aoesaw g possess it himself, there is no need low-| personal violence; and. albeit_nijnj»"« | clature may have been bad, the BHgw* f| was a good horse. ...» k I can tell yon how I acquired him, »•*■ | cannot tell you why, The worklngfl «"? . p human niind defy analysiß even m » spwj & log story. Ten minutes before I P"™!***' 4| him I had no idea of owning a racehow y and five minutes afterwards, when ix j covered consciousness, the problems pi >-* v position forced themselves upon my » m g as thus (J) what to do with hlni; Q )M* | to get some one tired of life (for the Iwrf j had a bad character) to take charge dm h pending definite arrangements i »»»/_.' y how to pay for him? But; let w tHflgg f! the beginning-ignoring the digfjg & starting elsewhere—and permit _*»»» U tive to flow freely. , .1. i Years ago, before 1 had scanUd* | settled Income and a fear of dying »«* g workhouse. It was my custom W | the various race-meetings in searras . s wealth. Of course, like many jwwg* | punters, I had a system, and *¥&a <*"?, I fldent that the bookies were doomea., »| § was merely a question of lime. ** 1 i them gorge themselves with gw«v_. b soliloquised at the back of the »»«_i , f£ $ broke to 3s Gd, " the greater the gorgs w h better, since to despoil them wll *• *g g sweeter and more remunerative. «»_« f* a matter of hhtory, I failed to J*»Pg # them; and If a maiden *_* n *J£_j£. I pegged out opportunely, leaving «■■_■_& § thing better than the system, 1 «£»V a now probably be engaged in a nefonaa* » duatry requiring intellect, or, pen**"* | doing time. ~ - ~a __ S It was at Croydon In the od -1 having just won £20 I felt | enough for anything; ; for people «»*/« | what they like, but a sense of «* make one cheerful. Giving «P •_"_«• X for .the day I began a series of sW j_ cr s l A sures, and went down to see *»*, § TAnson start a large field of WL& I olds. He found them a rare handZM >*» a would not listen to my M start them the reverse way of w &fo«_ If and finish over the water-jump. **? * _jd *? advised mc to get out of the *» T ' ,Ma«t .*$ not wish to be kicked to death; anej,^,| then one youngster, after a violentMj»g -,_-, bolted across the course, knocked me>v -~ a_d jumped the rails, never putting J<* j ** wron*. More frightened 8 V got up again and watched •"£*___*_?* 1 distance as I'Anson proceeded jg wrestle with the unruly Jav«nu_, fc __ at .. £ one that had so nearly *uw e _»j_3_jM.. If ting short a bright career chiefly by the whip, to face the ta«.m r7<m '. -^--Sl'