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his face certainly did not wear the happy expression 

 one would naturally expect to see under the circum- 

 stances. 



Mr. Studd, the owner, a rich indigo planter from 

 India, and Harry Ulph, who worked the com- 

 mission, were reported to have won an enormous 

 stake on the result, and apparently with very little 

 outlay if the price the horse was allowed to start at 

 was any criterion. 



That Salamander was a real good horse there can 

 be little doubt, and it is a pity that the fatal accident 

 at Crewkerne a short time afterwards when, with 

 Mr. Goodman again in the saddle, he fell and broke 

 his back, should have stopped what looked like a 

 promising career. Mr. Studd, in after years, owned 

 more than one prominent favourite for the Grand 

 National, and he was on two occasions very near 

 the mark with Shangarry and Despatch, who were 

 third and second respectively in 1867 and 1871. 



