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amusing, and successful. To attain this end he 

 exercised his judgment in selecting some useful 

 animals for his Grace to purchase. Thus in 1825 a 

 two-year-old colt of Mr. Nowell's, by Aladdin out 

 of Doll Tearsheet, won a handicap for two- and 

 three-year-olds, in the second October Meeting at 

 Newmarket, beating, among others, Lord Stradbroke's 

 Second Sight (three-year-olds). His Lordship pur- 

 chased the colt for his confederate, who afterwards 

 named him Link Boy. 



With this horse his Grace won many races, in- 

 cluding the Gold Cup at Goodwood in 1827 ; the 

 last beingr run under rather remarkable circumstances. 



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The horse, during the night previous to the race, got 

 cast in his loose box, injuring himself so seriously 

 that his Grace thought he would not be able to run ; 

 but my father, who was no novice in veterinary 

 practice, after having the w^ounds and bruises well 

 fomented, with other treatment, informed his Grace 

 that the effect of the injuries would not be so much 

 felt directly after their occurrence as later on, and 

 that he thought the horse might win ; which, in fact, 

 he did, to the great delight of his Grace, who, in 

 acknowledgment of a service rendered, made my 

 father a present of a first-class double-barrelled gun 

 with case complete. My father named the gun 

 " Link Boy," and was not a little proud of it. This 

 weapon, as he often asserted when using it in some 



