^•^0 ASHGILL; OR, THE LIFE 



only time previous I had been on his back was on 

 the Tuesday morning before the Leger day. I 

 rode him gently over the Leger course. 



"Lord Chfden's St. Leger was similar to 

 Kilwarline's, was it not? 



" No, Kilwarline's was quite a different Leger. 



I rode Phil in Kilwarline's Leger. No doubt 



Kilwarline lost a lot of start, but when the flag 



fell, and he was left kicking at the post, the 



field only went at a hack canter to the hill. I 



don't know why the pace was so bad at the 



beginning that year, unless it was that all the 



jockeys had orders to wait. However, the pace 



was so bad that Kilwarline, after losing so much 



ground, had onh- to go steadily to get into a 



position with the field, whereas in Lord Clifden's 



Leger it was a strong run race from the fall of 



the flag." 



The compiler again has to express his indebtedness 



to Baily's Magazine for the following pages, which give 



a graphic, succinct account of the race and of the career 



of Lord St. Vincent : — 



" Born in 1825, at Teddington, Lord St. Vincent was 

 the nephew of the valorous Sir John Jervis, who, for his 

 conduct against the Spanish fleet off Cape St. Vincent 

 in 1797, was raised to the peerage with the gift of an 

 earldom by that title. An accident in the hunting field 

 caused Lord Clifden's owner to quit the Chase and to 

 adorn the Turf by as splendid a show of pluck and 

 devotion as any of its votaries have ever revealed. First 

 figuring as an owner of horses in 1860, he began with 

 buying Emotion, to whom was speedily added as 

 stable companions Clementi, Hidalgo, Claverly, and 

 Draghound. Then followed his connection with the ill- 

 starred Klarikoff, who is said to have run a dead heat 



