LIFE OF MVTTON. 125 



Cheshire stakes at Chester, iio/. at Newcastle, and 

 50/. at Wrexham. 



I find I must here retrace my steps a Httle, and 

 this for two reasons. First, I shall follow the eood 

 example set by himself in bearing testimony to the 

 worth of a good servant ; and, secondly, shall tran- 

 scribe a letter of his own, which sets forth the writer 

 of it in his true character. It will be recollected I 

 asserted that Mr. Mytton's success on the turf some- 

 what declined after the death of his trainer and rider, 

 William Dunn. Let it not be supposed, however, 

 that I intend in the least degree to disparage the good 

 conduct or abilities of his subsequent trainers or 

 riders, but to impute it to that " tide," as Shakspeare 

 calls it, in every man's affairs, wherein fortune has a 

 share, which, despite of everything and everybody, 

 will now and then set against him. I have good 

 reason to believe that Mr. William Dilly and my old 

 servant, Thomas Horsley, did all that could be done 

 for Mr. Mytton as trainers of his horses ; and the fair 

 ability of his jockey, Whitehouse, is very generally 

 acknowledged. His master's opinion of him, however, 

 is here unhesitatingly given in one of the prettiest 

 letters, if I may use such an epithet, that I ever 

 perused. 



