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result might have happened. At Newmarket First 

 Spring Meeting in 1848, three moderate animals in Mr. 

 W. H. Johnstone's b. c. Liston by The Doctor, Lord W. 

 Powlett's then unnamed colt Beauclere (ridden by S. 

 Rogers), and Mr. Cooper's Jenny Lind (ridden by 

 Flatman) ran a triple dead heat for a sweepstake of 

 10 sovs. In the deciding heat amongst a trio (F. 

 Butler now being substituted for W. Gates to ride 

 Liston), Liston beat Beauclere by a neck, Jenny a bad 

 third. At the very next meeting this same Liston 

 (resolved upon distinguishing himself somehow) ran a 

 dead heat over the same course with Festus and Isis 

 for a handicap sweepstake of 140, and again, in the 

 deciding contest between the three, Liston proved 

 victorious, a length severally dividing the trio. 



" Can you recollect any important matches 

 in which you have ridden? 



" Well, I've not ridden in so many matches 

 as you think in my time. In '57 or '58, I forget 

 which year it was, I rode Lord Zetland's Ralpho 

 and beat Actseon (Alfred Day) in a match over 

 the T.Y.C. at Newmarket. In '57 I rode a match 

 across the flat on Saunterer against Anton. 

 They were both three-year-olds, and Saunterer, 

 who was giving 7 Ibs., won. For a number of 

 years Lord Fitzwilliam and Lord Falmouth had 

 matches at Doncaster, and I used to ride Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's horses. Sometimes Archer, who 

 rode for Lord Falmouth, used to win and some- 

 times I beat him. Just about the time Lord 

 Derby gave up racing I rode one of his in a 

 match against one of Lord Glasgow's. 



" There are numberless cases of affection 

 between cats and great racehorses. Now, 



