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running, backed the chesnut for the Leger as if 

 nothing had happened. Two to one was the 

 biggest price that could be had about him, and 

 had it not been for the support accorded to The 

 Miner he would have started one of the hottest 

 favourites on record. Mr. Kina^'s turn to win 

 the Leger had not come yet however, and The 

 Miner only finished fourth to Blair Athol, who 

 won easily by two lengths. 



He hit his leg in the race and did not run 

 any more, and this circumstance placed several 

 nice stakes at the mercy of Ely and General 

 Peel. 



Mr. Jackson of Fairfield was always a great 

 admirer of the famous chesnut, and after his turf 

 career was ended he went to the Paddocks at 

 Fairfield, where Mr. Jackson had a large stud. 

 Mr. r Anson, however, retained a third share in 

 him until Mr. Jackson's sale, when Mr, Blenkiron 

 gave £1 4,000 for him, and at his sale he was 

 bought by the Cobham Stud Company, in whose 

 possession he remained until the Company was 

 wound up in 1881, when he was purchased by 

 Mr. Stewart for 1,950 guineas. 



Perhaps no two horses were more talked about 

 in their time than Breadalbane and his stable 

 companion and near kinsman, Broomielaw, in the 

 autumn of 1864 and the spring of 1865, and had 

 they not possessed great merits of their own they 

 would have been worthy of notice as being the 



