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7 St. 12 lbs. (G. Fordham), and Tristan, four years, 8 st. 

 12 lbs. (Archer), dead-heating for second place ; Corrie 

 Roy, four years, 9 st. 2 lbs. (C. Wood), being fourth, close 

 up ; the only other runner being Leonora, three years, 

 7 St. 9 lbs. (E. Martin). Considering the high class of 

 three out of the four animals, and their notable per- 

 formances, that followed Chippendale home in this 

 memorable and most exciting race, it was quite pardon- 

 able Lord Bradford and his jockey should feel proud 

 of Eococo's gallant and stout-hearted son. 



Foxhall's triumph over Chippendale in the Cesare- 

 witch of '81 won for Mr. Leyland £6000 in bets. It 

 was this same unfortunate gentleman who flickered 

 on the Turf for a time as an owner and heaw speculator 

 on horses, and flabbergasted John Osborne by handing 

 him a cheque for £10,000 for riding Chippendale into 

 second place behind the great American colt. The day 

 following Foxhall's performance, Mr. Leyland's manner 

 was somewhat strange, and it was in a fit of mental 

 aberration that he presented the cheque. Other people 

 he rewarded in a like way, in one instance giving a 

 cheque for £100,000. Before that Cesarewitch week 

 had expired it was found necessary to put him under 

 restraint. He even threw the solid and matter-of-fact 

 Steele off his guard by elaborating upon a gigantic 

 scheme, that he alleged would work out marvels. Mr. 

 Leyland was a heavy speculator on the Stock Exchange. 

 His friends marvelled at the extraordinary equanimity 

 with which he would gain or lose £10,000. Hence, they 

 could hardly understand why the winning of such a 

 comparative bagatelle, to him at least, as £6000 should 

 deprive him of his reason. One of his great coufs was 

 clearing half a milhon sterling out of American cotton. 

 His two attempts to win the Chester Cup were " sa 



