324 ' PROMISED LAND' AND 'DULCIBELLA' 



to sixty, or even double or treble that number ; New- 

 castle second, and Prioress a bad third. Here he 

 (Promised Land) beat Marionette, who beat him before at 

 Epsom, and everything else in the race, eleven in all, a 

 mile from home; which is an additional and over- 

 whelming proof that he would have won the Derby had 

 it only been a good pace instead of a bad one. 



As for the trophy which Mr. Robinson and I thus 

 jointly won, I may mention that Lord Lonsdale had 

 allowed Mr. Robinson to send his mares to Jericho, not 

 only free of cost, but without charging him anything for 

 their keep. And when Promised Land, whose sire was 

 Jericho, won the Goodwood Cup, my partner gave me 

 150 for my share of the trophy, and gracefully presented 

 it to his lordship ; and it was, I believe, added to the 

 heirlooms at Lowther Castle, and is now in the pos- 

 session of the present Earl. I record the event as 

 reflecting credit on two generous spirits. 



The next event was, of course, the St. Leger. The 

 horse did very well between Goodwood and Doncaster, 

 but he ran untried a bad practice. I had no bets 

 either on or against him until he was saddled on the 

 morning of the race, and then, solely at the instigation of 

 my brother John, I laid John Ingram 700 to 400 on 

 him, and we shared the bet with Mr. Hayter in equal 

 parts. But for this I should probably have heard that I 

 won more by his losing than I should have done by his 

 winning the St. Leger. I could not account for his 

 running so badly, being beaten a long way. Indeed, he 

 never appeared to be able comfortably to keep his place. 

 Had he been tried, that would have been the cause of 

 it in many people's eyes, but in my opinion he wanted a 

 little more work. I say this because he did more on his 

 return from Doncaster before Newmarket, where he ran 



