Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-06-28

by accident while out training with friend. He
marked the place to stand and speak from with a
couple of bricks, and he kept his knowledge TO
himself. Every popularity of course is worth
remembering in a country where rats play the
mischief with the elephant litter, and Stewards
build jumps to suit their own stables. This man
ran a very fairish country-bred, long, racking
high mare with the temper of a fend, and the
PAGES of an airy wandering seraph--a drifty,
glidy stretch The mare was, as delicate tribute
to Mrs. Reiver called 1.-THE Lady Regula Bad
dun"-or for short. Regua Baddun.
Shackles' jockey, Brunt was a quite well-be
haved boy but his nerve had been shaken. He
began his career by riding jumpraces in Mel
bourne, where few Stewards want lynching, and
was one of the jockeys who came through the
awful neutrality-suspicious. you will recollect it--of
the Maribyrnong Plate. The walls were colonial
ramparts-logs of jarrah spiked into the masonry
with wings strong Church buttresses.
Once in his stride, horse had to jump or fall.
He couldn't run out. In the Marbyrnong Plate,
twelve horses were damned at the second wall.
Red Hat, leading, fell this side and threw out The
Gled and the ruck came up behind and the space
between wing and wing was one struggling,
screaming kicking shambles. Four jockeys were
taken out dead; three were very badly hurt, and
Brunt was one among the three. He told the
story of the Maribyrnong Plate sometimes and
when he described how Whalley on Red Hat, said,
as the mare fell under him-"God ha' mercy, I'm
done for!" and how, next instant, Sithee There
and White Otter had crushed the life out of poor
Whalley and the dust hid small hell of men and
horses no one marveed that Brunt had dropped
jump-races and Australia together. Regula Bad
dun's owner knew that story by heart. Brunt
never varied it in the telling. He had no educa-
ton.
Shackles came to Chedputter Autumn races one
year, and his owner walked about insulting the
sportsmen of the Chedputter generally, till they
went to the Honorary Secretary in a body and
said Appoint handicappers, and arrange race
which shall break Shackles and humble the pride
of his owner" The Districts against
Shackles and sent up their best; Ousel who was
supposed to be able to do his mile In 1853; Pc
tard, the studbred, trained by cavalry regiment
who knew how to train; Grngalet, the ewe-lamb
of the 18th; Bobolink, the pride of the Peshawar;
and many others.
They called that race The Broken-Link Handi-
cap, because 1t was to smash Shackles; and the
Handicappers piled the weights, and the Fund
gave eight hundred rupees, and the distance was
round the course for all horses" Shackes
owner said you can arrange the race with re-
gard to Shackles only. So long you don't bury
him under weight-cloths don't mind" Regula
Baddun's owner said, II throw in my mare to fret
Ousel. Six furlongs is Regulars distance, and she
will then lie down and die So also will Ousel,
for his Jockey doesn't understand waiting race.
Now this was lie, for Regua had been in work
for two months at Dehra and her chances were
good, always supposing that Shackles broke
blood-vessel-or Brunt moved on him.
The plunging in the lotteries fine. They
filled eight thousand-rupee lotteries on tne