A GREAT MATCH 



Lord George Bentinck, who stood upwards of 

 £20,000 at flag fall, he was third to Cossack and 

 War Eagle. After the race it was considered that 

 Job Marson, a jockey of experience and repute, 

 had not done his best for his mount, and both 

 Bentinck and Grev^ille declared that fairly ridden 

 the horse must have won. Another version on 

 record is that early in the race Van Tromp was 

 struck into, and, swerving in consequence, lost 

 several lengths. Be this as it may, Marson at 

 the end of the season was dismissed from Lord 

 Eghnton's service, though he lived to have signal 

 success in the colours of a rival stable. It is 

 indeed more than likely that if he had remained 

 in Lord Eghnton's employment he would have 

 spared his master his greatest disappointment 

 on the Turf. The jockey always protested his 

 innocence, and with some justice in the opinion 

 of persons less interested than those who had much 

 at stake, for Van Tromp was not nearly so well 

 adapted to the Epsom gradients as Cossack, who 

 moved freely and easily down the hill. 



In the St. Leger, Van Tromp, well suited by the 

 Doncaster course, achieved an easy victory over 

 his Derby conqueror, and in the following year 

 beat him by a hundred yards at Goodwood. In 

 1849 ^^^ Tromp again beat Cossack in the Emperor's 

 Plate at Ascot in the style of a great horse, and 

 with this race to his credit he quitted the Turf. 

 During his last year in training he developed a 

 very bad temper, and was ridden in a muzzle. 

 Subsequently he was bought by the Tsar's agent. 

 Colonel Schreider, and was exported to Russia, 

 where he became a great favourite. 



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