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12lbs., in order to ride her for " The One Thousand" 

 in 1843. Nine started, and George Edwards on 

 Spiteful fought it out till the very last stride, when 

 " The Old Screw" made his effort, and just won a 

 head. It seemed quite like old times again, when 

 he mounted his hack and rode alongside Mr. Thorn- 

 hilPs phaeton to receive his congratulations and de- 

 scribe the race. His two last matches were on the 

 same mare, and in both of them he had the pleasure 

 of beating his old friend Robinson once on Cowslip 

 and again on Semiseria. The latter match, for 500 

 sovereigns, h. ft., came off on May 7th, 1844, and 

 was a .worthy finish to a great Newmarket career, 

 which had then extended over nearly half-a-century. 

 He was perforce obliged to abandon his waiting sys- 

 tem, as he knew that Semiseria could go much faster 

 than his mare ; and, in fact, her match with Queen 

 of the Gipsies was said to be the fastest thing ever 

 run at Newmarket. Sam, consequently, started at 

 score over the A.F., and cut her down before they 

 reached the cords. The appearance of the veterans 

 created quite a sensation, even among the matter-of- 

 fact Ring-men. There was even betting between 

 the two -, and Sanr's grim weather-beaten visage was 

 not altogether proof against the roar of delight which 

 welcomed him as he rode back to scaie, casting a 

 knowing look of triumph at Robinson, who gave him 

 the warmest of greetings in the weighing-house. 



Only twice more was the well-known name of 

 " S. Chifney" entered in the book of a Clerk of the 

 Scales once opposite Elemi in the Derby of that 

 year, and again, and for the last time, opposite Ex- 

 ample in the Oaks. In 1843 the issue of this race 

 had been between himself and his nephew Frank 

 Butler, and he had then been forced to alter his 

 waiting tactics, and come on in front a quarter of a 

 mile from home. The old tutor was, however, des- 

 tined to be beaten by the pupil, and there was no 



