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distance were no particular object to him, as he beat 

 Lucetta cleverly over the Queen's Plate Course at 

 Newmarket in the same week they ran their match, 

 carrying list, to her list. 91bs. Perhaps his great- 

 est performance was in the Second October of 1831, 

 when he gave 161bs. to Augustus in a 300 sovs. (or, 

 as it was generally thought, a 500 sovs. p. p.) match 

 across the Flat. Augustus had always been a name 

 of dread to the Chifneys, long before the Derby, and 

 they had endeavoured to buy him out of Priam's 

 road ; but their fears, which were somewhat increased 

 after he won the Two Thousand Guineas, proved 

 groundless, as he was only fourth to him at Epsom. 

 In the present match, which was the most dashing 

 that Lord Chesterfield ever made, and caused some 

 heavy betting, Augustus made all the running at a 

 great pace, and put Priam into such desperate diffiU 

 culties at the Bushes, under his 9st. 21bs., that it was 

 all Robinson could do to prevent him running out 

 on to the lands. The Sultan blood of Augustus was, 

 however, none of the stoutest, and he died away so 

 completely in Will Arnull's hands, as he rose the 

 hill, that Robinson, who had got a pull at his horse, 

 was just enabled to catch him a few strides from the 

 chair, and win by half a length. He did not start 

 in 1831-32 for the Doncaster Cup, in both of which 

 years his old rival Birmingham was fifth for it to 

 The Saddler and Gallopade ; and he never went 

 through the great Ascot Cup test of Derby and St. 

 Leger winners, which brought fresh laurels to Mem- 

 non, Touchstone (twice), Van Tromp, Flying Dutch- 

 man, Teddington, and West Australian ; and which 

 Mameluke. Rowton, The Colonel, Cadland, Rocking- 

 ham, Plenipo, Bloom sbury, Attila, Foig-a-Ballagh, 

 Cossack, Voltigeur, Stockwell, and Saucebox all 

 essayed in vain. Although Will Chifney knew that 

 Priam would not be allowed to start for it in 1831, he 

 entered him, for a sort of sale advertisement, as well 



