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age as Officious, a flying filly belonging to his 

 Grace, who won eight times as a two-year-old 

 without sustaining defeat. In more than one trial 

 in 1849 Ghillie Callum gave Officious 10 Ib. and an 

 easy beating. He ran twice as a two-year-old, 

 once at Goodwood, and once for the Rutland Stakes 

 at Newmarket, and won each time without being 

 extended. Next year, when they were both three- 

 year-olds, and when Officious had won twice at 

 Newmarket, I tried them again, making the horse 

 give the mare 12 Ib., and again he won in a canter. 

 A commission was then given to back him for the 

 Derby, but unfortunately his near fore-leg gave 

 way about three weeks before the race. I was 

 compelled to restrict him to walking and cantering 

 exercise. Even in this condition he ran very well 

 in the Derby, and the place occupied in that race 

 by Mr Gratwicke's Nigger, to whom Ghillie could 

 give a lot of weight, makes me think that Voltigeur 

 would have had his work cut out for him had he 

 met the Duke's horse when at his best. Certainly 

 the Nigger got closer to Voltigeur than he ever 

 could get to Ghillie Callum when the last two were 

 fit. It was a great disappointment to us all, but 

 as usual the Duke bore it with the greatest equan- 

 imity, and did his utmost to console those who had 

 done their best to bring his representative well to 

 the post. In fact, whenever a horse belonging to 

 his Grace was expected to win and got beaten, he 

 would invariably say without attempting to make 



