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'57, but he partially recovered. We fancied him 

 on the day, but he never showed his true form 

 in the race, and I was quite disappointed with 

 my mount that day. There were some real good 

 horses this year, and it w^as Saimterer's luck to 

 meet them. At Ascot he was third to 

 Skirmisher and Genrnia di Vergy, running the 

 latter to a head in that race. He won at 

 Newcastle, and cantered away with the Bentinck 

 Memorial Stakes at Liverpool, giving Lord 

 Nelson 20 lbs. ; he could have won that day with 

 10 st. up. De Ginkel was beaten half a length 

 only by Lord Nelson, and Saunterer could give 

 De Ginkel 4 st. 



" In those days it was my duty to look after 

 the yard at Ashgill. ' Brother WiUiam ' trained 

 the horses princiiDally ; he is the eldest of the 

 family. He would begin to take a leading part 

 in training at Ashgill about 1850, and continued 

 until the partnership was dissolved in the spring 

 of '94. The latter part of my father's time, 

 ' Brother William ' was nearly in full charge 

 of the horses, as my father's health then began 

 to fail, and he gradually turned weak. ' Brother 

 Robert' generally took a part in looking after 

 the horses and keeping the books, but towards 

 the latter part of his life — he died in 1892 — ^lie 

 kept the books altogether. 



" Harking back to Saunterer, his great race 

 would be in the Great Yorkshire Stakes — the 

 race won by Vedette, already alluded to. He 

 won the Eglinton Stakes at Doncaster, and 

 Skirmisher beat him for the Doncaster Stakes 

 on the Friday. He went from Doncaster to 



