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third; Bevis being two lengths from Schism; and this 

 trial was confirmed in substance two days after. The 

 two mares, I should add, were very much alike in colour 

 and size ; and the ' wags ' at Newmarket, on our return 

 in the Houghton week, jocosely said we had brought 

 Dulcibella back and called her Weatherbound, and so got 

 a little weight off her. 



It is not often that you see two first favourites for the 

 great handicaps win them both, and in the same stable. 

 I may say here, that on entering the town, opposite the 

 Eutland Arms Hotel, I met Admiral Eous, and he asked 

 me what I thought would win to-morrow, and I told 

 him Weatherbound. To this he replied : 



4 Nonsense ! she is heads and tails with a dozen, and 

 to have a chance you must have completely changed the 

 nature of the animal.' 



The Admiral went down to assist at starting that 

 year, and the mare got badly off. On his return to the 

 stand, just before he got into the crowd, he said to a 

 man he met : 



' Which has won ?' 

 1 Weatherbound,' was the curt reply. 

 'Nonsense!' he answered, for the Admiral, too, had 

 his familiar word ' Nonsense ! she never got off.' 



This was confirmed by what others have said as to the 

 ground she lost at starting. So much for the judgment 

 of the great handicapper and turf legislator. 



After this Mr. Swindell owned but few horses, I think, 

 and the only one of any note was Lucy Glitters, who at 

 the time he bought her for 900 was lame, or very nearly 

 so, there can be no doubt ; and she never did him any 

 good. Amongst others, he did many of Sir Joseph 

 Hawley's commissions. The baronet would often pay 

 him a visit at his house after dinner, and in the temper 



