2o6 HEROES AND HEROINES OF 



" if the truth must be told, I loved hunting far more 



than racing." 



As for Captain Machell, he accepted a bet of 



seven monkeys about his horse, and seeing- that a 



day or two afterwards he sold all three, Reugny, 

 Disturbance and Defence, whose united cost was 



only ^1,200, to Mr. Gerard Leigh, for /i 2,000, he 



could not very well pose as a Christian or any other 



kind of martyr. 



When Reugny was sent to Mr. Richardson at 

 Limber Magna in the spring of 1873, he was so sore 

 on his feet that he was at once turned out and kept 

 in a paddock night and day until the 22nd of 

 November, when he was taken up and put into 

 gentle work. 



Four months afterwards he won the Liverpool. 

 Hoiv he won is best described in his rider's own 

 words : 



" Chimney Sweep landed on the race-course five 

 lengths in front of me, and knowing Reugny was 

 not a real stayer, I dare not move on him. When, 

 however, I saw Jack Jones look round and then give 

 Chimney Sweep two desperate hits with his whip 

 which did not make the old horse go a bit faster. 

 I sat tight and gradually catching him, went ahead 

 and won by six lengths. That Reugny was very 



