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one of them. In 1843, for instance, these two old 

 antagonists ran a lot of matches against each 

 other, all of which resulted in Lord George's 

 favour, with the exception of one which ended in 

 a dead heat. This match, run at Goodwood, was 

 between Lord George's brown filly Alva by Bay 

 Middleton, and Lord Glasgow's brown filly by 

 Retainer Purity. Immediately afterwards Lord 

 Glasgow characteristically changed his trainer, 

 and in order to test the capacity of the trainer 

 whom he had left, he insisted upon making pre- 

 cisely the same lot of matches over again to be 

 run in the following year. To this Lord George 

 greatly objected, as some of his animals were so 

 bad that he had no desire to keep them in training 

 for another twelvemonth. Lord Glasgow, how- 

 ever, insisted, and to oblige him Lord George gave 

 way. Curious to relate, the result of all the 

 matches in 1844 was the same as in 1843, including 

 that between Alva and the Purity filly, which 

 again ended in a dead heat. The only difference 

 was that Flatman rode the Purity filly in 1843, 

 and Job Marson in 1844, Sam Rogers being on 

 the back of Lord George's filly on each occasion. 



There was certainly a fatality attending Lord 

 Glasgow's numerous matches, for however bad the 

 animal of his opponent might be, Lord Glasgow's 

 was sure to be worse. Again, when Lord Glasgow 

 got hold of one that could run a little, his 

 opponent's almost invariably proved to be a little 



