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I thought from your name youd be English, but you must be as Irish as I am. Having beaten a Chinaman, Red Fred thought he could beat a black, so he decided to show Tarpot Tommy a point. What made you think of it?, To tell you the truth, I wanted to get level with the Lobster. I never want to hear anything more about racing as long as I live., Its about Mr Fitzroy, said the man. If youre lookin for a pen for the next shearin youd better drive on to some place where they dont know you. Jimmy the Pat knew that if once his associates got to hear of the reward for his arrest, they would sell him out to the police or murder him for his share of the doping venture. But the genius had been troubled as to the tune that he should allot to the Australian horse. Take this cheque and pay him if it loses, and collect for me if it wins.. He said that the ready-made ones might race early and that would be the end of them. Why, Jim, he said, I never thought Id see you again. - An Englishman Abroad Is the 2 4 1 meal deal on fish and chips finished now for Fridays? Among the yearlings trotting round them was a long, low-set whole-coloured bay youngster with black points, not too well grown and a trifle low in the shoulder. Working the drill underground putting in the shots at the two thousand feet level. Wall. Go and get on before they shorten it.. If you cant get him away, youll be left. Then, to the Clerk of the Course, he said: Get down the track a bit with your stock-whip, Billy, and wheel him if he tries to break back.. Let me tell you there was only one man in all England and Ireland who ever believed in the figure system and he went bankrupt three times. Top hats an spats and all the like o that! Its not fair to the horse. Still, we must have something on him, mustnt we, Fitz? And do you suggest, Mr Fitzroy, he said, that I would ask a man like Fred here, a man that has shorn for me, to pay a thousand pounds for a horse worth nothing! The more haste the less racehorse is the motto with his sort. The truth did not come out until half-way through lunch. If hes at home well be all right, for hes bound to have heard of my luck; but if hes not at home I dont know what about Maggie., Whos Maggie? said the ex-trooper. There was also a small sand-yard where the horse had just finished his roll and was pacing round the hatchway, the picture of health and contentment. Did you see him drop his hands?. This set the giant back on his heels, so to speak, for never in his life had he met a non-racing manand very few racing men for that matterwho had won two thousand pounds from a bookmaker. As Connie was out he had an uninterrupted interview with Red Fred and Fitzroy and stated his case to them. Look, Mr Carstairs, if this man was seen looking at a horse, everybody connected with the horse would get two years.. Not that I mean your horse is too big, Mr Carstairs; he must be one of these really good big ones. Moiras attitude towards him was much more friendly since Connies engagement to Red Fred had been announced, and he was feeling quite bucked when he returned to Newmarket Lodge about midnight. By way of escaping public notice, he went inside the rails to Sensations stall and they mutually enjoyed themselves while he rubbed the chestnut horse about the mouth. Look at his bone! Waal, he knew, hed been racing but ah never noticed that he stopped none., Say, Eli, that track here is measured wrong. But a really good horse is a good horse at any distance, and as the others got their longer strides into action he ceased to gain and the race was on in earnest. TheMore, This was our first visit to the Trooper after hearing recommendations. Him and me was in the depot at Brisbane together, and what hes doin here in that rig-out I dont know. What is more, it won. Theres six million people in Australia and only one buyer. Mr Geoffrey Stradbroke, trainer to the Countess, was a sort of male duplicate of Miss Fysshesmall, wiry, and tightly buttoned up. 154AndrewR, General Manager at The Trooper, responded to this review. But London was thoroughly stirred up by the attack on Connies horse, the death of the Chinaman and the injury to Fitzroy. You cant pick up a newspaper without seeing his name in it and all about his horse. He was one of those colts of the century that occur every ten years or so, and the weight-for-age races were at his mercy. Perhaps you have heard of Abraham who, when badly pressed for a sacrifice, looked up and saw a ram caught by the horns in a thicket. Them sort generally loses, he added defensively. For twenty yards they ran stride for stride and then the big black horse dropped back, beaten, and the mare still had three furlongs of a bitter battle ahead of her. When General Sir Ponsonby Fysshe succeeded to the title and entailed estates of his late brother the Earl of Fysshe and Fynne, he was a man with a grievance. Do you know, he went to speaking very slowly and looking straight in front of him, do you know, I think a man ought to be proud that he lived at the same time as that horse. The mare, on her part, soon got to know his footsteps and acknowledged his attentions in a ladylike way by calling out to him while he was still a hundred yards off. I can see heaps of trouble ahead of you, my young friend, said Delahunty. Im all right till I get tight, and then I get quarrelsome, or I gets chucking money about. He says its all rot, said Red Fred. Theres one chap hasnt settled, a Mr Dickson of Australia. And all the money the horse has won sinceI let Magee have it without any interest. Look at this, Fitz, he said. Come along.. Like all Chinese he would sooner gamble than eat. Do you remember that night we camped up on the end of the line of fence and you went down a quarter of a mile in the dark to fill two buckets at the creek? - Class Distinctions The cable to sell was only dispatched on the Saturday night, and early on Monday morning the money came to hand. We both got the sack!, Fitzroy, eh! Don't know I'm afraid only that the food and service is superb for evening meals. My husband asked for his steak rare and it was cooked to perfection. Therap tap tapof the kettle-drums seemed to mark the time for the horses trot, and the blare of the brasses sounded like a call to battle. They stood there and waited, and more and more kept pouring in at every moment, massing round the stall. We had steak, burger and fish and chips and every meal was excellent. He thinks that Chinaman might come after him., Well, you know, these Chinamen are very bad medicine. There were three men there, but only one that he knew. Loud applause. Draft yourselves.. Charley Stone must have worked fast, or Fitzroys colt must have been very cheap at a thousand guineas. Without a word to his companion Fitzroy jumped on the trackers horse and cantered down to the post, followed by the black-tracker on foot. Lunch at the Calabash Races was what might be called a sporting affair as it was enlivened by a fight between two aboriginals who elected to settle their differences in sight of the bough shed under which the repast was set out. They had two shots at him. Will you bet twelve thousand to a thousand? he said. He had felt rather hurt at Delahuntys condemnation of his judgment about the big chestnut colt, and he meant to buy that colt, anyhow. When Maggie was away one time he came home and found a mob of travellers there and he said: Well, gentlemen, this is inside; thats the bachelors quarters; and thats the mens hut. By request of the trainers the grand parade of the horses with musical accompaniment was cut out the second day. . He might have said a lot more, had not Dear Boy melted away into the crowd without a word. But Mr Noall thought that the money was as good as in his pocket and had no idea of saving a single shilling. Name of Carstairs. Hardly says anything. Ill have two thousand to two hundred, he said. Wall. He let himself into the stable-yard with his key and walked up to speak to the night-watchman, who was sitting on a chair at the door of Crusaders box with Sam the stable terrier at his feet. 2YmYABbG.7u9*3E{Ozh% To Red Fred this was fame, fame with a capital F. To Fitzroy it was simply lunacy. Id give im a undred quid to sink a well and leave the Chow down it. Before making any move they wanted to get the general lay of the land: to see which horse really had a chance and which could be disregarded. But his employers answer was a snort of defiance: What do I care what shes taking out? The police have been trying to catch him for years over the opium smuggling and fan-tan, but no one will risk his life by giving evidence against him. Im not going to have all my work spoiled. Arrived in London, the Countess and her troupe, as she called them, decided to have a breaking-up luncheon and pay a visit to the Countesss horse before dispersing to their various destinations. A course of a mile and a furlong round had been roughly marked out by stakes on the vast plain; if they had wished to mark out a ten-mile course they could have done it. Were going to start off our first meetin with a bang. We will meet again at the Mont de Peet. Id rather like to have a crack at this Chinaman. Dont bother to come with me. ! I dont know, he said when Fitzroy asked him when they would get away. Then came the French horse to the strains of Partant pour la Syrie, winding up with Malbrook sen vat en guerre, an appropriate enough sentiment. The man sang in French and he called me a half-sir! You dont want a hurdle horse. Fancy, if we could get away to England with that horse on board, what a trip wed have! Within the next few days a chastened Red Fred and a Fitzroy with a new sense of duty were established with the Countess at one of her houses near Newmarket, where there was every luxury including a few loose-boxes for the use of the horses when they came up to race. How would you like to have the troops after you, Nancy? Why do you go on workin, Fred? that was us they continued to ask the other groups if that was their booking name even though I said THATS MY NAME . When this news was conveyed to the owners of the French and American horses they at once expressed a desire to be allowed to follow such an admirable example. Our drinks were taking so long ontop of this, understandable when busy I worked in service so understand the pressure however the waiters/waitresses were just avoiding us. You can leave them here as long as you like, and Ill get them broken in for you. Handing his horses bridle to the black-tracker, Fitzroy walked quickly up to the big trainer: Smith, I want you. He knew that Fitzroy was very hard up, and he had not heard of the sale of the colt. A few preliminary events were run off and then came the first of the three great races, the Six Furlongs Championship for international horses. I gave him fifty quid for it. Thus is was hardly to be wondered at that when Red Fred was called upon to make the decision to go to England, and to trust himself to a sea he had never even seen, he felt a sort of blind urge to remain where he was. When I do find a decent chap hes a policeman! Not a nice experience for my birthday!More. m^4Qa^s^4hu>VY^=#nm(#lIXC f*rN@ e[=25-^7m'\>%Hd;uEY:*a)q p{M&K}+ -qG. It would be understating the case to say that he was glad to see Fitzroyhe positively bubbled and became incoherent in speech. Next morning Red Fred came into the breakfast room without any trace of embarrassment. Her powerful personality dominated Red Fred; he had no more chance against her than a rabbit caught in the open by an eagle-hawk. While the settling was going on, Fitzroy was lying in the hospital fighting for his life. Come here, young feller, he said. 5 starters came out and we had to wait 10 mins for the last persons so everyone else had eaten before the last one came else there food would have been cold. 5 , Took my son to celebrate his birthday with my family, absolutely disgusted with the service and especially the food. We used to visit frequently from the70s -90s before moving South. Under Yid management, and the Yids buy the best food in the world, she declared. At last an idea worthy of Napoleon at his best struck this General of the Battling Brigade. He had no definite ideas but felt like an emperor, or, rather, like emperors used to feel before so many of them became stonkeredif one may use the word. I thought so. - A Cure for Betting Youve said a mouthful, kid, said Dominic, thats the point. Now, lissen ere. Of course Pepperpot was in a class by hisself. Our waitress Poppy Owen was super polite, friendly and went out of her way to make our visit a special experience! Her female friends told Long Harry that he was an unfeeling brute and that he should get the doctor to her. Instead, with a sort of grim humour, he sent, them out a boarder at the restaurant, a Chinaman newly arrived from Australia and well known to our readers under the name of Jimmy the Pat. Mr Manasses looked very hard at Fitzroy. He looked somewhat drawn and uneasy, but he gave no trouble. He could speak of lot o languages, so he started to teach languages for a living. Many a good horse has been spoiled by an irritable or unsympathetic attendant. - Second Days Racing Chapter 20. After that it gets bred out of them. - The Big Wager Raynham must ha been tellin me lies. What do you want me to do? he said. The hurdle horse had been favourite for his race; then there set in one of those inexplicable runs of favourites which send the smaller bookmakers to themont-de-pitto pawn their diamond rings. Fear was absolutely foreign to his nature, but he knew that he had to race and he snorted defiance as he looked round for his competitors. After the days racing the party split up, Fitzroy being carried off by the Honourable Psalmsey to the aides quarters at Government House. But Ill get you to ring up the next place and see if they can get their men together and perhaps arrange a little subscription, he says., So I rings up Flaherty, whos a good Roman Catholicthat Bishop had no luckand Flaherty rings back and he says: You tell the Bishop he says, that if he comes out here well guarantee him twenty-five pounds, and if he dont come well give him fifty! he says., He didnt go and he took the fifty. Then they tackled the mass of circulars from tradesmen, begging letters, appeals from cranks, offers to trace his descent from William the Conqueror, letters from ladies who would be glad to meet Mr Carstairs any time and show him a good time. This young fellerll be the trap from Barcoo, I suppose? It was a dark windless night, and the brightness of the stars turned his mind to Australia. Have any of you seen any suspicious strangers about the town? he said. I got it. Incredible, first time here. But sales of this sort can no more be kept secret than a sale of the Crown Jewels if such a thing ever took place. Hemightsell. And now look at him! Thus it came that after the little affair on Barcoo racecourse, Red Dempsey, the shearer, who had seconded Spider Ryan, nearly came to blows with Bluey Cavanagh, prospector and ex-prize-fighter who had seconded Brand. Well take care of him, and, oh boy, what a diamond price well get about the Frenchman next Saturday.. We havent met since that affair at Randwick. Much to his surprise Sam did not run to meet him, nor did the night-watchman speak to him. The station manager who had come down with Fitzroy to get the bosss verdict about the shearers, was a canny Scot and like all Scots he couldnt resist an argument, even if cost him his job. Its your face thats wrong, I says. Most animals would have been scared to death, but a thoroughbred horse is born with an instinct for crowds and the American drew himself up and broke into a trot through that dense human lane, feeling by some animal telepathy that everything was all right and that he himself was the hero of the occasion. We got the fast stuff and the slow stuff. He smiled tolerantly: Of course, young lady, as you say, anyfoolcould see it. Wont be returning at all. Just left and had a great time! Youre talking of racing in Sydney and in England. Im senior to you so I can order you to assist me, or if youre not in the force I can call on you for assistance in the Kings name. Therell be plenty for all of us. They were brought out and told both medium. We cannot thank Elliot enough he was a fantastic server. He aint got a five-cent chance of beatin this winner, but he might beat the others. As a sort of afterthought, it was added that the celebrated Queensland breeder Mr Delahunty and his daughter Moira would travel by the same boat. Theres some thatll bet their shirt while theyve got a shirt, and they might run into big money. And he had a look at meI weighed fifteen stoneand he says: Perhaps youre right. And he pays his money and walks out. I know who the cove is, said Spider; the boots at the squatters pub told me about him. He found that he was holding the light within two feet of the face of Jimmy the Pat. While Sensation was a big, sleepy, good-natured giant, this was a fiery domineering horse, snorting, rearing and showing himself off like a picture actor. And my seckertary throws the champion of China all over northern Queensland. They must get Red Fred to England whether he wanted to go or not. . Haw, he says, Im the Bishop of Carpentariah, and I wish to see the proprietah. So, I says, Haw, Im the proprietah, I says, and Imhawan athiest, I says. Of course the police and the Press were hot on the scent of this outrage. He must have covered fifty miles in his constant pacing round the hatchway with the big horse following contentedly behind him. You might want it. Whats your orse, short distance, long distance, or no distance?. But the fellow was so clever with his pen that he collected an army of fools to follow him., Any great horse is a freak, Delahunty said. Why waste words? Must close now for the present. Do you mean that you would bet twelve to one against Crusader and Sensation?. Say, guy, he said, you mightnt know it, but deres not two horses in de woild could do dat. During the next few days Moira Delahunty and her father arrived from Queensland and went to stay with relatives in a fashionable suburb. That feller gets my goat. Give them a call they are always so helpful. You never were in the Army., Why do they call you the Lobster? He says its some cove that wants to bluff me into givin him a hundred quid to keep the Chows off me. Would totally recommend this restaurant to anyone will be visiting again very soon, Bottomless brunch with a group for a birthday celebration. A hundred yards from the post Bill the Gunner called on the staying power that his lazy horse had kept in reserve. Well float a company later on and you must get in early on the ground floor. But its all nonsense about my being so strong. He had a long drive in front of him with a lot of gates to open, and it suddenly struck him that for all his money, he was a very lonely man. Ow I do ate that man!. Don't know I'm afraid only that the food and service is superb for evening meals. Now weve got the cast give us the scenario. So the crowd got in behind Bluey and made this horse second favourite, to the mystification of the horses owner and trainer. Holding, perhaps with some, justification, that no owner is fit to manage his own horses, he disregarded all orders and ran his horses in such races as suited him. While this was going on, Fitzroy said nothing whatever and applied himself industriously to his plate; but from under his brows he favoured Mr Noall with the look that a fighting bull-terrier gives to his opponent when the pair are led into the pit. Fell out with his girl he did, and lost his job, and now es goin to lose is life. Like a star actor, he must not linger in the wings while the lesser characters brawl upon the stage. When the boys at Sensations stable opened the boxes one morning they found that the horse had gone, Bill the Gunner had gone, and more significant than all, the little dog Sam had gone. From him, however, they got lots of civility but no free tickets. Any guy with money could make a big rise over here, he said. The huge muscular Chinaman and the two tight-lipped American crooks were very different propositions to the servants hall breed of bandits among which he had cut quite a dashing figure. Thursday and Friday passed without any appreciable change in Fitzroys condition. All I want to see is his tail goin out of my yard for the last timefor his own sake. Ill cheer this horse over there and Id cheer an Irish horse here.. Tell him Lady Seawood wants im. From the depths of despair she had gone to the heights of hope in one bound. At eleven oclock the awkward and shambling figure of Red Fred bore down on the corner of the deck where Her Ladyship and Miss Fysshe were waiting for him. Charley thought they might get his business away from the Empire Pastoral, but luckily the boss got a load on board and he wanted to fight the Squatters Financial chap in the car coming back. That was Allison. 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