Simla^♞︎

Also called One of Jimmy’s horses, Jimmy’s Simla

Colonel Briscoe's racehorse, Potato Chip's rival, on which Aunt Dahlia bets heavily; awarded the Jubilee Stakes after shying at a cat.

Connections

dealings

• is owned by Colonel Briscoe 6
• is backed by Aunt Dahlia 4
• is a rival of Potato Chip^♞︎ 3
• is backed by Angelica Briscoe 1
• is frightened by the cat^♞︎ 1
• wins the Jubilee Stakes^✦︎ 1
• is awarded the race by the judges^⁂ 1
• socks Simla's jockey 1

Talked about, but not there

1. Bertie phones Aunt Dahlia to cadge an invitation, but she is off to the Briscoes at Maiden Eggesford and promises to find him a cottage there, near the Bridmouth races.Chapter 3, as One of Jimmy’s horses
2. Back at the cottage Jeeves explains that Cook and Colonel Briscoe are bitter rivals and that Cook's racehorse Potato Chip pines without the stray cat Bertie was caught holding.Chapter 5, Wee Nooke
3. Jeeves reports that Vanessa and Orlo quarrelled when he refused to bully her father or steal the cat, and she broke with him; then Vanessa storms in and tells Bertie she will be his wife.Chapters 9–12, Wee Nooke
4. Aunt Dahlia telephones, blasts Bertie for sending the cat back, calms down when told about Major Plank, and hears of his engagement to Vanessa Cook.Chapter 13, Wee Nooke
5. Aunt Dahlia telephones in a panic: having tipped the vicar off about the cat, she has had Jimmy Briscoe threaten to scratch Simla unless it is returned, and Bertie assures her Billy Graham is taking it back.Chapter 16, Wee Nooke
6. Bertie sleeps fitfully, seeing that with Billy Graham, Jeeves and Aunt Dahlia all out of it, he alone must return the cat to Eggesford Court or lose Anatole's cooking.Chapter 18, Wee Nooke
7. In New York, Bertie learns from Uncle Tom's letter and a clipping that Simla was awarded the race after Cook's cat ran on to the course, and tells Jeeves that aunts are not gentlemen.Chapter 20, New York