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black-stripe" jacket, during the thirty years it was 

 in his keeping. The connexion began with Pavilion ; 

 and, though he rode a Memnon colt for his Grace in 

 the Derby of 1835, it might virtually be said to end 

 with Shillelah. One of the most extraordinary 

 matches in the course of it was one in which Merry- 

 go-round beat Sorcery at equal weights, A. F. The 

 pair had met before at the same weights and distance, 

 and the Oaks winner had won in a canter ; but the 

 Chifneys were so sure that the horse had not run to 

 his form, that they persuaded Lord Darlington to pur- 

 chase him, which he did through Mr. Shakespeare, 

 and match him over again at the same weights. 

 His new owner quite entered into the spirit of the 

 speculation, and backed his horse so heavily, that the 

 odds soon changed from 4 to 1 on the mare to evens; 

 and very cleverly she was beaten. One of the finest 

 D.I. finishes that Sam and Robinson ever rode 

 against each other was for the Claret, in 1833, the 

 former on Lord Darlington's Trustee (a fair-sized 

 smart sort of horse), and the latter on Lord Conyrig- 

 ham's Minster. Beiram and Margrave were also in 

 the race, which, however, lay entirely between the 

 other two, and was won by one of Sam's almost 

 superhuman efforts of hand and knee, in the very 

 last stride. The two ran a match across the flat 

 shortly after, and with the same result, though 

 Trustee won more easily. Muley Moloch's Port 

 victory, the next year, was a much more decided 

 one. He was a fine large horse, of whom Sam 

 thought very highly, and was purchased as a year- 

 ling, for a short price, from Mr. Nowell, of Under- 

 ley, during the Doncaster week. Mr. Nowell's fame 

 as a breeder stood so well at this time, that a Spring 

 Underley Stakes was established at Newmarket; and 

 Sam gave a fine specimen of his art by winning it 

 on the Duke's very bad Sheldrake colt, in 1830^, 

 against Will Arnull, on Prima Donna. 



