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mucli in hand as lils backers fancied, for he rolled a 

 lot at the finish, and Huxley had to handle him care- 

 fully. He was trained by Mr. Tom Payten, who also 

 had another good colt that year in Autonomy. Mr. 

 Pay ten mysti6edthe horse watchers on the Flemington 

 track in the early morning with the doings of Camoola 

 and Autonomy. Both were in the Derby, and 

 naturally there was a desire to find out which colt 

 would carry the stable confidence in that race. They 

 were generally galloped together. One morning, 

 Autonomy would beat Camoola badly ; two mornings 

 after, Camoola would leave Autonomy far behind. All 

 this was most annoying to the people who imagine 

 other people's business ought to be theirs. I fancy 

 the trainer must have had the heavy saddle changed 



occasionally. 



There is a story attached to this saddle. It is 



reported that on one occasion, when the painters were 



doing up the saddle-room at Newmarket, one of the 



men asked a stable lad to remove an innocent-looking 



saddle on one of the trees. 



The lad, without a thought, pulled it down by the 



stirrup-leather, in order to catch it. When it fell, 



this saddle nearly broke the youngster's neck, for it 



weighed about four stone. 



Mr. Payten may smile at this yarn; but Tom 



generally has '*a bit up his sleeve" in his trial gallops. 



1 fancy his '^ sleeve " must have been full up a week 



