Then in the first week of November a special meeting was called at
the Beargarden, at which Lord Silverbridge was asked to attend.
'It is impossible that he should be allowed to remain in the
club.' This was said to Lord Silverbridge by Mr Lupton. 'Either
he must go or the club must be broken up.'
Silverbridge was very unhappy on the occasion. He had at last been
reasoned into believing that the horse had been the victim of foul
play; but he persisted in saying that there was no conclusive
evidence against Tifto. The matter was argued with him. Tifto had
laid bets against the horse; Tifto had been hand and glove with
Green; Tifto could not have been absent from the horse above two
minutes; the thing could not have been arranged without Tifto. As
he had brought Tifto into the club, and had been his partner on
the turf, it was his business to look into the matter. 'But for
all that,' said he, 'I'm not going to jump on a man when he's
down, unless I feel sure that he is guilty.'
Then the meeting was held, and Tifto himself appeared.
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