STRANGE DREAMS.

Evening Star, Issue 3607, 14 September 1874, Page 3

STRANGE DREAMS.

The following story comes from Home, and commenting upon it, the editor of the ‘Ne’aon Colonist’ supplies one equally strange :—A. prominent subject ef discussion at Epsom Spring Meeting was T ord Vivian’s dream in connection with the City and Surburban, the particulars of which, as detailed to us, are well worth repeating. Dropping off to sleep again after waking early on the morning of the race, Lord Vivian dreamt that he was in the weighing room at Epsom, and was awoke by his friend" Mr Samuda, entering at the moment, and remarking, “That was a fine race -only won by a neck, I should think “Von dont mean to say that the City and Suburban’s over exclaimed his loidabip, “ Yes, it is ; aud The I eaoher has won ! ’ At breakfast Lord Vivian referred to the morning papers to see what The Ttaclur was, but cou.d nob find a horse of that name amongst the entries ; and by a remarkable eoineirinnee the very first person he recognised at aterloo Station was Mr Samuda, who, atcer hearing the narrative, cleared up the mystery by explaining that The Teacher had been re-named Aldrich, to distinguish him from a tilly < f the same name and age. Lord Vivian thereupon made up his mind to back Aldrich for Lit 0, and told Kosebery of his intention ; but the latter advised him not to do so, for the very sathfactory reason that the horse had been beaten each time he was tried, consequently Lord Vivian only took XOOO to 30 But many others “backed the dream,” including the owner of Oxford Mix ture, who got well out of the race in consequence. The most singular part of the story is that the horse in question really did win

t;e race. Strange as the story appears (says tt e ‘ Colonist ’). we have expt-r ei.ced one as strange ; not. it is true, connected with racing, but with an equal y prosaic incident. We were once made a are of an accident affect ng <ur busine s at the instant of its o cnrrence, at a spot se era! s reets distant, and a quarter of an hour before the intelligtnca readied us by a messenger sj ed illy despatched. “There are more thii gs in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy.”