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won ; but lie broke down, as I felt sure he would. 

 I knew he would only stand one gallop, and if he 

 had had that at Manchester instead of on the 

 Downs I think he would have won the Cup, but 

 Lord Cholmondeley would try him, and he was the 

 owner after all. 



'* I wish I had taken your advice," he said. I 

 might mention that I suggested £2,500 (the value 

 of the stakes) to a pony was a very good stake to 

 win with a crippled horse. He was never any good 

 afterwards. 



Mr. Vv^ G. Jameson sent old Come away, the 

 Grand National winner, to me some time after he 

 had broken down, and fired all round ; all his joints 

 were double their ordinary size. I got him through 

 a good preparation without any jumping practice, 

 and in his last gallop of four and a half miles he 

 gave 14 lb. to a good winning mile-plater called 

 Stensall, and beat him easily the last mile. 

 Unfortunately this gallop found his weak spot, and 

 he was never trained again. 



I have mentioned Comeaway, though he comes 

 out of sequence in point of time, for he was really 

 the best latter-day jumper I had to do with ; but 

 while on the subject of Lord Cholmondeley I 

 should mention that about this time his lordship 

 had Bar-le-Duc and Last Toast. Bar-le-Duc, 

 after being second for the two-mile nurseries at 



