THE BEGINNING OF BECKHAMPTON 23 



Tyre by Althotas, for one hundred guineas, from 

 Mr. Wolfe, for myself. I had previously bought 

 Gules out of a selling race at Bath, for Mr. Lea, and 

 won the Kempton Park Handicap, etc., with him. 

 When I found that Prince of Tyre was a good 

 two-year-old, I was anxious for Mr. Lea to own 

 him, as he had been such a good patron of mine. 

 I suggested this to him, but he thought the horse 

 was worth much more money than I had asked him. 

 Eventually we agreed to change for Gules. Prince 

 OF Tyre was perhaps the best two-year-old in 

 England up to the end of May, winning four or five 

 two-year-old stakes right off the reel, ridden by 

 W. T. Eobinson, the present trainer at Fox Hill. 

 One thing to always remind me of this colt was that 

 he was fidgety in his box ; he walked round and 

 round for hours, placing the litter in the middle of 

 the box, walking outside it until it became as 

 chaff. I tried everything to pacify him, but with 

 no effect. Then I procured a goat, and I shall 

 never forget the rapid exit the goat made when 

 first put in the box. Prince of Tyre flew at 

 him, so strongly did he object to the odour of 

 the goat. He eventually settled down with a cat. 

 I won a big seller with Gules at Kempton Park, 



which brought me in about £1,200. He was then 



sold, but I heard little more of him. 



