258 THE DUKE OF CLEVELAND 



handicaps he would have no chance. On the Monday 

 following I decided to go up to town and see his lordship. 

 I called in Curzon Street, but he had gone to Tattersall's, 

 where I very soon found him. I should say that on my 

 way up, in looking through the Book Calendar for races 

 past, I found his lordship had some five horses in train- 

 ing, only one of them being named. This was Dulci- 

 bella, a mare I had never seen. Her performances were 

 wretched, both in that and the previous year; but I 

 knew his lordship's love of a ' deal,' and thought she 

 might be worth 100 at the stud, if only for her breed- 

 ing. So I said to his lordship when we met : 



' If, my lord, you would like to have Promised Land, 

 you can, and I will take anything else you have in 

 exchange at a fair price.' 



' I have Dulcibella,' was his immediate reply ; to which, 

 without waiting to hear her price, I answered : 



1 She is worth 100 for a brood mare, and can be fit 

 for nothing else.' 



This was true enough on her public form, as Cape 

 Flyaway, a moderate horse of Lord Derby's, had given 

 her 17 lb., and I don't know what beating, both being 

 three-year-olds. He then said he wanted 400 for her, 

 and after fruitless attempts to induce him to take less, 

 finding him not very eager to make the purchase and 

 give her in exchange, I closed with him, selling Promised 

 Land for 2,500 nominally, but actually for 2,100 and 

 Dulcibella, which his lordship had priced, as I have said, 

 at 400. But I had also the contingency that if the 

 horse won either the Ascot or Goodwood Cups I was 

 to have 500 more ; subsequently, by his lordship's re- 

 quest, modified by my accepting half the sum absolutely, 

 making the actual price given me for the horse 2,350, 

 with Dulcibella thrown in as a gift. 



