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ride the weight. In 1857 I had to work hard to 

 ride 7 st. 12 Ibs. 



" Saunterer's next appearance was in the 

 Cesarewitch, carrying 8 st. 12 Ibs. John Jackson 

 made a heavy bet with some one that Saunterer 

 would be within six lengths of the winner. 

 He was well within the distance, and Jackson 

 won his bet." 

 John Jackson himself told Dr. Shorthouse that he 



backed Saunterer to be within four lengths of the 



post when the winner passed it, and won the bet. 



Admiral Rous, on that occasion, decided that a length 



must be taken to be three yards. 



" That was the Cesarewitch in which Prioress, 

 El Hakim, and Brown Bess ran the dead heat. 

 Saunterer was fourth, and Warlock fifth. I 

 remember Saunterer and Warlock finishing 

 close together. He was giving a year away to 

 Warlock, who won the Leger the year before. 

 At the Houghton meeting that year Saunterer 

 gave Anton 7 Ibs. across the flat, and ran third 

 in the Cambridgeshire the following day, 

 carrying 8 st. 12 Ibs. 



"It was through this race that Matthew 

 Dawson persuaded Mr. Merry to buy Saunterer, 

 which he did shortly afterwards, at the end of 

 the season, for 2500. He left us then, and 

 Matthew Dawson took him. The following 

 year, under Matthew Dawson, he won the Good- 

 wood Cup and the ' Fitzwilliam ' at Doncaster, 

 and was second to Vedette for the Doncaster 

 Cup, after which he went over to Chantilly, and 

 I won the Prix de 1'Empereur on him. The 

 following year he ran second to Fisherman in 



