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I may say, could have stayed better than Dulcibella did. 

 After saddling and cantering her, I saw Bennett, and 

 asked him where Killigrew was ; and being told that he 

 was at the post, and that ' Jim ' (J. Adams) had his 

 orders as agreed, I suggested that we should go together 

 and impress them upon him. When we got to the post, 

 I addressed myself to Jim, and said : 



' Mr. Bennett wants you to take hold of your old horse's 

 head and come as well with him as you can directly you 

 are off;' and turning to Bennett, I inquired, 'This is so, 

 is it not?' to which he replied : ' Oh yes, certainly.' And 

 we parted. By doing this I was sure that Killigrew 

 would be ridden to the best advantage in the opinion of 

 his master and jockey, who both believed in his staying 

 powers ; and, for all I knew, he might have been fitter to 

 run then than he was when I tried him. But I knew he 

 would likewise be assisting my mare. My orders to Allen 

 Sadler were to lie two lengths off Killigrew till he got to 

 the Ditch, and then come as well as he could the rest of 

 the way. Killigrew was first through the Ditch-gap, and 

 Dulcibella next ; and a long way before reaching the 

 Bushes she was two or three hundred yards first, and all 

 the rest beaten, Killigrew being third or fourth. Here I 

 was stationed on a little dun-coloured pony, about twelve 

 hands high, but very fast ; and I rode up by the side of 

 the mare, and told the boy to hold her tight, riding right 

 in before the other horses, causing quite a sensation, as I 

 afterwards heard, on the stand, where many people 

 thought that I must have been run over by the ruck 

 coming behind. But their kindly feelings were relieved 

 when they saw me pull out of the track and pass the win- 

 ning post with the horses in front. Judge Clark the next 

 day facetiously told me that ' he had placed me second.' 



Of course, in riding in with the leading horses, I had 



