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Cobweb, and many more, before I knew him. Amongst 

 others, Glencoe and Glenara did him good service. Yet 

 he thought that breeding did not pay, and it is, indeed, 

 reported that he once pithily, if severely, said, ' If you 

 wish to do your bitterest enemy an injury, give him a 

 brood-mare well engaged in produce stakes, with the 

 promise to keep it, and in a few years his ruin will 

 be complete.' But I don't know about this myself. I 

 do not think that Mr. Batson, for instance, who bred 

 Plenipotentiary at Horse Heath, or Mr. Thornhill, of 

 Eiddlesworth, who had Emilius and Euclid, and other 

 breeders in those days, or, more recently, Sir Joseph 

 Hawley and Lord Falmouth, or Mr. Chaplin in the 

 present time, would be inclined to agree with him in 

 this opinion. 



Lord Jersey, I should say, in conclusion, was well 

 served by his jockey, Mr. James Eobinson, and by his 

 trainer, Mr. Eansom. The latter, after his lordship's 

 death, became the stud-groom at the Eoyal Paddocks, 

 Hampton Court, where he lived many years, respected 

 by all who knew him, and retaining his primitive style of 

 dress to the end. 



CHAPTEE VII. 



MR. PAKKEK. 



Varied experiences Commences racing Purchase of One Act Her 

 trial and our expectations How defeated Forestalled and struck 

 out Running at Chester ; remarkable dream Joe Miller in the 

 Metropolitan Winnings on the Chester Cup Mistake as to his 

 condition Brigantine another example A perilous journey How 

 Joe Miller was ruined Noisy, ill-luck in the Chester Cup Cedric 

 Sutherland's luck and subsequent failure Tame Deer in the 



