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the success of his efforts in astute inaiiaLreinent. 

 Allusion is liere nicide to such horses as Hermit, 

 Petronel, lielphoebe, Pilgrimage, Seabreeze, 

 Harvester, Kilwarlin and, last but not least, that 

 triple crown winner Isiiv^lass. Among his many 

 great and influential [)atrons were Lord Chaplin, 

 the Duke of Devonshire, Lord Calthorpe, Sir 

 Charles Legard, the third and fourth Earls of 

 Lonsdale, Colonel Owen Williams, Captain Prime, 

 Lord Hastings, Lord Gerard, the Duke of Beaufort, 

 Lord Strathnairn, Lord Aylesford, Mr C. J. Blake, 

 Lord Rodney and Colonel Harry M'Calmont — all 

 of whom, with the exception of Lord Chaplin, 

 are, like the Captain himself, now in the Great 

 Beyond. 



The master of Bedford Cottacfe could never be 

 accused of beincr fickle in his attitude towards his 

 helpmates. His keen eye early rested upon Mr 

 J. Mansell Richardson. First Joseph Cannon and 

 then James Jewitt succeeded his earliest selection, 

 G. Bloss, the recognised trainer of Hermit, who at 

 the advice of the Captain was purchased at Middle 

 Park for the then Squire of Blankney as a yearling 

 for a thousand guineas. I have heard it said that 

 Captain Machell also tried to obtain Marksman, the 

 next lot to come 'neath Mr Tattersall's hammer to 

 Hermit. Marksman, however, at a like price, was 

 bought by Mr James Merry. 



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