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smiles and frowns of the blind goddess, and on more 

 than one occasion he suffered the extreme of ill-luck. 

 One of these untoward events took place at Lewes, 

 where he had backed very heavily a horse of Mr. 

 Durand's, but was subsequently retained to ride 

 another in the same race. He mounted, and, highly 

 to his credit and honour, he won. With little cash 

 left, it now became a matter of moment with the 

 honest jockey how to get back to Newmarket. In 

 this dilemma, however, a gentleman offered a seat 

 in his carriage. Off they went, and all things went 

 smooth too, until they approached the last toll-bar 

 near Newmarket, when the silver of the condudeur 

 began to fail, and he applied to Buckle to pay the 

 toll. The budget then must come out, and he con- 

 fessed to this kind friend that, by the race in question, 

 he had lost his all. Shortly after this they met a 

 beggar, and to him Buckle threw his last shilling, 

 exclaiming at the same time ' that he would never 

 take that into Newmarket.' ^ 



Buckle was not only a skilful rider, but a re- 

 markably good judge of a horse, as the following 

 anecdote will show : 



' The owner of Violante (a celebrated mare early 

 in the present century). Lord Grosvenor, not think- 

 ing her worth training, had condemned her to be 

 sold as a hack for as much as she would fetch. 



' Xcw Sjjortlng Magazine, 1832. 



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