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greatly to the surprise of all who were acquainted 

 with the horse's impetuous temper. An attempt 

 was made to train him, but it failed, as his fore- 

 leg had gone before Lord Jersey sold him. He 

 was then sent to join Lord George's stud at the 

 Turf Tavern Paddocks at Doncaster, where Ascot, 

 who ran second to Mundig for the Derby, and 

 from thirty to forty brood mares, were already 

 installed. In addition, his Lordship had a lot 

 more brood mares at Danebury, and others at 

 Bonehill, near Tarn worth, making in all about 

 sixty-five. Next year he had about thirty foals 

 by Bay Middleton, some of which were out of 

 valuable mares ; and as his fee was only thirty 

 guineas, Bay Middleton had some very high-bred 

 mares sent to him in addition to those belonging 

 to his owner. Although a most superior race- 

 horse, Bay Middleton was for a long time very 

 unsuccessful at the stud, so many of his stock 

 being unsound and very difficult to train, which 

 was not only a great loss to his Lordship but 

 also a great disappointment. A very remark- 

 able fact was that daughters of Velocipede 

 of all mares the most unlikely to throw sound 

 stock, as their sire was notoriously infirm in his 

 knees nicked best with Bay Middleton. On 

 the other hand, the progeny thrown to Bay Mid- 

 dleton by Emilius mares and Whalebone mares 

 were generally unsound, and sometimes cripples. 

 Still Lord George believed that some day Bay 



