LIVERPOOL 117 



" Sir, — It was pecuniary consideration, and not the ' future fate ' of 

 his 'old and valued servant' that Mr. Mosley cared about. In a letter 

 dated January 6, he says, ' Now, I do not object to your racing him at 

 all, so long as I have what I consider my due.' I gave Mr. Mosley 

 £,So for Bourton, with the understanding that I was to give ^50 more 

 if he remained sound for one season ; and when Mr. Mosley wished to 

 stipulate that I should not race him, I distinctly, as I can prove, refused 

 to be so bound. With one exception I have not raced a horse for 

 upwards of twenty years, and had the poor animal proved useful to me 

 as a hunter I should not have run him ; but upon taking him out with 

 the hounds, I found he became so franticly {sic) violent as to make 

 it extremely dangerous, and my hunting him therefore became almost 

 out of the question. Although I believe he realised many thousands 

 for Mr. Mosley, he brought me nothing but expense ; he had not even 

 carried me in one good run, or done anything to entitle him to become 

 my pensioner for life, and not choosing to expose him to ill treatment 

 which a sale of him might entail, I resolved to give him a chance, and 

 ran him ; but unfortunately another horse swerved against him at the 

 brook, causing him to jump it standing and sideways, under which dis- 

 advantage he broke his fetlock joint, an accident which the enclosed 

 medical certificate will prove might have happened to the youngest 

 and soundest animal in the field. "Abd. Campbell. 



" Leamington, March 31." 



Mr. Sargent ns "Wanderer," (h.b.)aged, 9 St. 8 lb. . J. Hanlon i 



„ W. Barnett's "Freetrader," 6 yrs., 9st. 4lb. . Meaney . 2 



,, James's "Maurice Daly," (h. b.) 6 yrs., 9 St. 61b. R.James 3 



Twenty started. Betting : — 20 to i Maurice Daly. 



Miss Mowbray, Peter Simple, Needwood (probably 

 Ben Land's horse), Half-and-Half, and Burnt Sienna 

 were again among the twenty starters, but the race 

 this year was a terribly hollow affair, as six horses 

 were disposed of in the first round, and at the finish 

 the three placed horses were a very long way in front 

 of their rivals. Miss Mowbray's steeplechasing career 

 came to an end, as she broke her neck at Becher's 

 Brook the second time round, her rider (Darling), who 

 had met with a heavy fall in a previous year, being 



