CHAPTERS FROM TURF HISTORY 



breeder of Stockwell and Rataplan, but, repenting 

 of the sale, tried hard to buy him back. The pur- 

 chaser, however, was obdurate, informing Gully that 

 no money would induce him to cancel the bargain. 

 Soon after this date Gully was in partnership 

 with a man named Ridsdale,^ and the confederacy 

 was a financial success. They were joint-owners 

 of St. Giles, who won the Derby in the year of the 

 Reform Bill, the year that Gully became Member 

 for Pontefract. St. Giles as a yearling was sent to 

 be sold at the August meeting at York, but the 

 ungainly colt did not obtain a single bid, and 

 William Day thought that he gave full value for 

 him and three others when he paid £240. The 

 horse was slow in coming to hand, and was deficient 

 in pace, but he was excellent over a distance. 

 Ridsdale ran another horse in the race. Trustee, 

 but he declared to win with St. Giles, who was 

 favourite at 3 to i. Gully also ran his own horse 

 Margrave. After a tedious delay at the post. 

 Trustee led the field for a long way, when his 

 jockey, believing that he had not done enough to 

 prevent anything waiting on St. Giles and beating 

 him for speed, increased the pace. A quarter of 

 a mile from home Scott brought St. Giles to the 

 front and won easily by two lengths. Edwards 

 on Trustee had ridden a fast and masterly race, 

 well calculated to serve the purpose of the winner. 

 Ridsdale and Gully won largely over the event ; but 

 Gully, who had sacrificed his own horse Margrave 



» Ridsdale was a man of humble origin, who acquired consider- 

 able wealth. He had some literary and artistic attainments, and 

 was undoubtedly able. It is unnecessary in this narrative to 

 discuss a quarrel between the two men, and its consequences. 



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