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Rover was supported with such spirit by the great 

 betting twins of that day, Messrs. Gully and Rids- 

 dale, that Priam could never be got to shorter odds 

 than 4 to I. The latter showed, as in the Riddles- 

 worth, his strong dislike to seeing fresh faces at the 

 post ; and hence, when after a profusion of false 

 starts the flag dropped in earnest, Sam Chifney 

 looked back grimly in his saddle as they swept off 

 in a perfect cloud of dust, and saw Priam still dancing 

 on his hind legs in most approved Ducrow fashion, at 

 the post. However, " the sprig of myrtle" got him 

 once more on all-fours, and although he was last off, 

 and lost several lengths, Sam and Robinson (who 

 were in difficulties already) had the pleasure of seeing 

 him shoot past them like a swallow before they had 

 gone 400 yards, and get on to good terms with Little 

 Red Rover, Mahmoud, and Augustus at Tattenham 

 Corner. Once there, Sam Day took his pull, and 

 waited with them to the Grand Stand, where the 

 ''narrow blue stripes" declined, and all Templeman's 

 efforts on his chestnut could do nothing against 

 Priam when he came in earnest. " Two lengths" was 

 the fiat, and the Chifneys won about I2,ooo/. in- 

 cluding the stakes much less than public report 

 chose to attribute to them. Priam walked over for 

 the Ascot Derby in the course of the next fortnight, 

 and became an immense favourite for the St. Leger, 

 for which they very fairly concluded that he could not 

 be beaten. 



No horse could do better during the summer ; and 

 it was with high hopes of making a more brilliant 

 stroke than ever, that Will Chifney again set out on 

 his walking pilgrimage with him to Doncaster early 

 in September. Stilton was their goal on the first 

 day ; and on the next they pushed forward to Exton 

 Park, the seat of the late Sir Gerard Noel, some five 

 or six miles from Stamford. Here a halt was made 

 for nearly a week, during which Priam was sweated, 



