''THE LIVERPOOL" 



it she was much the better mare of the two, but Lord 

 Coventry was not in the habit of publishing his trials, 

 not at least in any paper I took in." 



1864 

 The other mare spoken of was, of course, Emblematic, 

 who followed her sister's example in 1864. Their 

 jockey was George Stevens, who must have been an 

 admirable horseman, though apparently by no means a 

 dashing one. Lord Suffolk's description of him may 

 be quoted, as the testimony of an expert. " He was 

 an undeniably fine rider, with first-class hands, and, I 

 suppose, an extraordinary knowledge of pace, for his 

 trick was lying so far out of his ground that it almost 

 frightened his backers to death. When he won the 

 Cheltenham Steeplechase on Emblem, who was carrying 

 an immense weight, he was such a distance behind his 

 horses that as they passed the stand Lord Coventry 

 rushed out, asked him what the devil he was about and 

 ordered him to go on. I fancy Lord Coventry thinks to 

 this day it won him the race. The real fact, I suppose, 

 was that Stevens hated the rush and confusion of a 

 crowd of horses, and would rather chance being slipped 

 than being jostled ; still, he always seemed to know the 

 moment to go to them. He won on Emblematic the 

 moment he jumped on to the racecourse. I remember 

 hearing Lord Courtenay say to Lord Coventry, ' You 

 may go down and meet your mare, there's nothing else 



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