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moment Colonel Peel paid forfeit. I then implored 

 Lord George not to run Farintosh for the July 

 Stakes, as no one was aware that the horse was a 

 bad roarer, and I felt persuaded that if the secret 

 was well kept, Farintosh would receive forfeit in 

 some of his other matches, and might even be 

 allowed to walk over for some of his smaller 

 engagements. Lord George, however, was firm, 

 and Farintosh accordingly started for the July 

 Stakes, in which he met Murat at even weights. 

 The race was won by Mr Thornhill's brown filly 

 Extempore, Lord Exeter's Jerry filly being second, 

 and Colonel Peel's Murat third, beating Farintosh 

 (who was last) by twenty lengths. 



Unfortunately Farintosh had several engage- 

 ments and matches for the following year. One 

 of the last (for 300 sovereigns, half- forfeit) was 

 against Lord Glasgow's Sister to Pathfinder 

 (A.F.) I was instructed to keep Farintosh in 

 training for this match, which it would have been 

 impossible for him to win, as he could not have 

 galloped " across the flat " to save his life. Even 

 under these circumstances Lord Glasgow's luck 

 would not permit him to win such a match, as 

 shortly before the appointed day his filly died. 



Lord George never forgot the lesson taught 

 him by Farintosh, whom he entered for thirty- 

 three engagements before he left the paddock. 

 The forfeits for these engagements amounted to 

 nearly 3000, which served at any rate to awaken 



