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heavily upon him for the Derby. He beat a field of 

 ten for the Newmarket Stakes (825) very cleverly, 

 although he was up to his fetlocks in dirt ; but fate 

 was against him in his Epsom preparation ; and he 

 had barely reached that town when his throat swelled, 

 and he ran profusely at the nose almost up to 

 the hour of starting. In spite of his distemper, he 

 looked a winner all over till within eighty yards from 

 home, when his Tramp stoutness could avail him no 

 longer ; and he was fain to finish a fair third to Cad- 

 land and The Colonel, who made a dead heat of it. 

 The race took a great deal out of him, and he was 

 very weak all the summer, and got beat at the turn 

 of the lands, in the Oatlands. Few could have 

 guessed that so much racing power lurked under 

 such an unpromising exterior. He was a lengthy 

 horse, rather more than fifteen hands, lightly built, 

 and with very thin thighs. His back ribs were very 

 good ; but, in addition to a pair of white heels, he 

 had a very sour countenance, which deeply-sunken 

 eyes did not tend to light up. The Newmarket 

 season of 1829 was inaugurated by his victory, with 

 Sam again on his back, for the Craven Stakes, when 

 Fleur-de-lis (Pavis) was only beaten by a short head. 

 The mare ran at a great disadvantage, as she carried 

 about 321bs. of dead weight; but still she was so 

 vastly superior in stride and power to her opponent, 

 that nothing but Sam's herculean style of riding his 

 little horse home just brought him through. To 

 quote the vigorous report of Mr. Ruff, ( ' he absolutely 

 lifted his horse in first by a bare head." In the Claret 

 Stakes the pair were again successful. Buckle had 

 seldom been more disappointed than on losing this 

 race, as, after making 7st. 121b. his lowest riding 

 weight for years, he had specially reduced himself to 

 7st. 81b., in order to ride his favourite Rough Robin. 

 Robinson, on Cadland, was disposed of half-way be- 

 tween the turn of the lands and the Duke's Stand, 



