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fact was, Dunn was not only an excellent trainer and 

 rider, but he had some power over his master to 

 restrain his running his horses to a stand-still, which 

 he would do if left to his own discretion, and more 

 for the sake of showing sport than from desire to win 

 money. The sideboard at Halston exhibited thirteen 

 gold cups, besides two silver ones, several of which 

 were the trophies of one horse — the celebrated Eu- 

 phrates, who, like one of the old sort (now become 

 very scarce), continued running and winning to his 

 thirteenth year ! The expenses of his stud, how- 

 ever, must have been enormous ; not only by con- 

 sequence of its number, but his subscriptions to 

 stakes amounted to an immense annual sum. He 

 seldom refused to subscribe to any that were put 

 before him, and the name of " John Mytton " often 

 appeared as many as six times to the same race. 

 Of the science of breeding race-horses he knew little 

 or nothing ; and the richness of the land at Halston 

 proved a fatal obstacle to success. 



His good nature and kind-heartedness accompanied 

 him everywhere, and particularly to the race-course. 

 He often started his horses without a prospect of their 

 winning, for the purpose of affording sport ; over- 

 ruling the objections of his trainer by saying, " 'Tis 



