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We were pleased to see Conductor had got to 

 a good home, and, notwithstanding the ups and 

 downs which the old horse has experienced, he 

 looked fresh and well, and came out with all his 

 old resolution. He is a big horse, with famous 

 limbs, is very good to follow, and is the sire of 

 some capital hunters. He is well-bred for staying, 

 being by Young Trumpeter, out of Anticipation 

 by Acrobat, her dam, Anxiety, by Alarm, out of 

 Seakale by Camel, and is full of Touchstone 

 blood. His career has been a strange one. In 

 his first race he beat Mr. Vyner's Thunder, one 

 of the stoutest horses of his day, over the New 

 Mile at Ascot, but he was in receipt of 35lbs. 

 Mr. Yyner, however, thought so highly of his 

 performance that he claimed him for the £1000 

 for which he was entered to be sold. 



This it will be remembered was Camballo's 

 year, and when that horse broke down, Mr. 

 Vyner, relying on the running with Thunder, 

 thought Conductor had a chance for the Leger ; 

 but ill luck pursued him, and the second string 

 did not see the post either. He ran two or three 

 times when a four-year-old but won nothing, and 

 was sold to Mr. Win. Bradshaw, of Ganthorpe. 

 He travelled in the Malton district some years, 

 and so long as Mr. Bradshaw lived was well done 

 to and well managed ; but he only looked a shabby 

 look when he was bought by Walton, of Guis- 

 brough, at the sale of Mr. Bradshaw's effects 



