326 'PROMISED LAND' AND 'DULCIBELLA ' 



her former races, and had all the appearance of being a 

 bad mare. I took her home and tried her with my two- 

 year-olds and they were not good for much three- 

 quarters of a mile, even weights, and she was again 

 beaten. But some time after I found she could stay, and 

 I ran her in public three-quarters of a mile, when she 

 was not placed. 



We now come to the Cesarewitch, and the trials for 

 that race of both Didcibella and Killigrew. 



What Admiral Eous could have seen in Mr. Bennett, 

 (or ' Jack/ as he was usually called, to distinguish him 

 from Dalby or Farmer Bennett), to sell him a horse like 

 Killigrew, good enough to win a Cesarewitch, was to me 

 always inexplicable; and I thought then, as I believe 

 now, that he got rid of him because he thought he was 

 bad, like Weathergage. But Bennett thought or said 

 otherwise. He came to me about Killigrew before I 

 knew very much of Didcibella, and asked me if I would 

 try his horse, and let him have my jockey, James Adams, 

 to ride, as he was sure to have a good chance. To this 

 I agreed, and thus it was that J. Adams came to ride for 

 him instead of riding Didcibella, as he otherwise would 

 have done. He then backed him for a lot of money ; in 

 fact, he had on him more than he wanted, believing that, 

 if nothing else, he was sure to have good hedging when 

 the weights appeared. Soon after he brought the horse 

 for the trial. He had only his son with him, in order 

 that no one at my place should know what the horse 

 was. We tried the next day,' and the following is the 

 result : 



Bevis, 4 yrs., 6 st. - 1 



Schism, 4 yrs., 7 st. 5 Ib. - 2 



Killigrew, 4 yrs. ,6 st. 12 Ib. ... 3 



Won by half a length ; two lengths between second and 



