CHAPTER XIV 



My best horse — Victorious — His unsightly head — I buy him 

 for 125 so vs. — Vision — Her Brocklesby victory — Subsequent 

 successes — Her trial with Victorious — He gives her 2 st. — The 

 defeat of Le Bearnais — Tom Jennings's opinion — The Good- 

 wood trial — The Sweepstakes victory — Admiral Rous's idea 

 — The Nursery success — Lord Granville takes under the odds 

 — Jackson's disgraceful offer — A dead-heat at Wolverhampton 

 Cause of same — Shelly feet — Mr. Jackson and the " Short- 

 house " ale — Victor — How purchased — Frozen out at Lincoln 

 —"Not quite like a thoroughbred" — A half-crown for 

 luck — A Royal Hunt Cup track — A Royal Hunt Cup trial — 

 Mr. George Herring drinks champagne and throws "cold 

 water " — Victor's victory — He breaks down in the Cambridge- 

 shire — Sold for an old song — Success at the stud. 



Had the late Duke of Westminster been asked 

 which was the best horse he ever owned, he would 

 unhesitatingly have named Ormonde. And were 

 the question put to me which of the many horses 

 that passed through my hands I most regarded, I 

 should say, right oflP, Victorious, a bay colt by 

 Newminster from Fairplay's dam. I bought him 

 privately from Rawcliffe Paddocks, near York, now 

 Mr. Vyner's place. The original purpose was to 

 send him up to auction at Doncaster, but he had 



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