254 THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND 



showed in the bargains he made in the horse-dealing 

 line, in which, as a rule, he could make a few pounds go 

 as far as most people could. He commenced racing as 

 far back as the year 1843, in which he had a couple of 

 horses, Nelly and Mallard. Old Mr. Joseph Rogers 

 trained for him at Newmarket, and Sam, his son, rode 

 his horses, and after the death of his father trained them 

 till he died. Lord William seldom kept more than half 

 a dozen horses in training at the same time, and often 

 not so many, though he may have exceeded the number 

 at times. He was singularly unlucky ; for though he 

 would give any price for a horse, he never had one that 

 did him any good except Tim Whiffler, which he bought 

 of Jackson for 2,500, and won with him the Goodwood 

 and Doncaster Cups, and other races. 



My first introduction to him was at Bath in 1857 ; 

 and as this was in relation to one of the two or three 

 deals I had with his lordship, in which perhaps he did 

 not come off with quite his usual good fortune, I may 

 relate the circumstances. 1 had then in my stable 

 Cedric, bought by Mr. Parker at Tattersalls' for 50 

 guineas, when Lord Anglesey gave up racing. He was a 

 clever horse, but a bad one. However, as a three-year- 

 old he won the Somersetshire Stakes, two miles and a 

 distance, beating Polestar very easily by ten lengths, 

 seven others tailed off. Polestar, I should add, ran 

 second to Vengeance in the Gesare witch in J856, and at 

 one time was the property of the unfortunate Mr. Cook ; 

 whilst Vengeance belonged to his partner, the man who 

 poisoned him the notorious Palmer of Shrewsbury, who 

 was hung for the crime. Now, Lord William liked a 

 horse that could stay, and seeing Cedric win two miles, 

 was anxious to have him for his own, and asked the 

 price. This 1 said was 1,500. He replied that it was 



