ROBERT.
A TIP-TOP TIPSTER.
[In some spirited verses that appeared in the Sportsman, on the morning of Derby Day, Mr. JOHN TREW-HAY, alone amongst the prophets, selected Sir Hugo as the winner.]
Ye Gods, what a Prophet! We thought 'twas his fun,
For the horse that he picked stood at fifty to one,
And we all felt inclined in our pride to say, "You go
To Bath and be blowed!" when he plumped for Sir Hugo.
But henceforth we shall know, though the bookies may laugh,
That this HAY means a harvest, and cannot mean chaff.