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art of horsemanship extends, considered the safest rider 
of a race of the present day. He may owe much of 
his celebrity to his having, when a boy, had the advantage 
of being in the stables of Mr. Robson, the chief of the 
Newmarket trainers, and riding many of the trials of his 
extensive and prosperous studs. When we state that 
such a rider as Robinson is considered equal to the 
allowance of three pounds weight to his horse, we can 
account for his having been employed by the first 
sportsmen of the day. It is supposed that he has 
ridden the winners of more great races than any jockey 
of his time. In 1827 he won the Derby on Mameluke, 
and the St. Leger on Matilda ; receiving one thousand 
pounds from a Scotch gentleman (a great winner) as a 
reward for the latter : and in the following year he 
went a step beyond this ; he won Derby, Oaks, and was 
married all in the same week, fulfilling, as some asserted, 
a prediction according to other authorities, a bet. We 
may also notice his kindness towards his family, which 
we have reason to believe is most creditable to him. As 
a jockey he is perfect. His brother, Thomas Robinson, 
lives with, and rides for, Lord Henry Seymour, in 
France ; as likewise does young Flatman, better known 
at Newmarket as brother to Natt, whose name is Flatman. 
William Clift is next entitled to notice, as one of the 
oldest, the steadiest, and best of the Newmarket jockeys, 
and famed for riding trials ; but he has taken leave of 
the saddle. William Arnull, lately deceased, rode for 
most of the great sportsmen of the day at Newmarket, 
