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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 

 purchase 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 specu- 

 lation, and backed his horse so heavily, that the odds 

 soon changed from 4 to I 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 Conyngham'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 yearling, for a short price, from Mr. Nowell, of 

 Underley, 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 New- 

 market ; 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. 



He had no more luck for Lord Darlington in his 

 St. Leger than in his Derby mounts, and hence " it 



