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employed by the first sportsmen of the 

 day. It is supposed that he has ridden 

 the winners of more great races than any 

 jockey of his time. In 1827 he won the 

 Derby on Mameluke, and the St. Leger on 

 Matilda ; receiving one thousand pounds 

 from a Scotch gentleman (a great winner) 

 as a reward for the latter : and in the 

 following year he went a step beyond this ; 

 he won Derby, Oaks, and was married 

 all in the same week, fulfilling, as some 

 asserted, a prediction according to other 

 authorities, a bet. We may also notice his 

 kindness towards his family, which we have 

 reason to believe is most creditable to him. 

 As a jockey he is perfect. His brother, 

 Thomas Robinson, lives with, and rides 

 for, Lord Henry Seymour, in France; as 

 likewise does young Flatman, better known 

 at Newmarket as brother to Natt, whose 

 name is Flatman. 



William Clift is next entitled to notice, 

 as one of the oldest, the steadiest, and best 

 of the Newmarket jockeys, and famed for 

 riding trials ; but he has taken leave of the, 

 saddle. William Arnull, lately deceased, 

 rode for most of the great sportsmen of 

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