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Deer,' and ' Sweet William.' Our party took the 

 three first-mentioned horses from Falmer, a village 

 between Brighton and Lewes, at 4.30 in the morning, 

 on to the Downs. We were to meet Charley Boyce 

 with 'Sweet William,' belonging to Mr. G. Hodgman, 

 there ; but it was a very foggy morning, and we all 

 got lost. About 6.30 it cleared up a bit, and ultimately 

 we found one another, and started to try the horses. 

 They were to gallop the two miles on Lewes race- 

 course, which anyone who has been there knows 

 to be very severe. ' Rocket ' was trying to give 

 ' Queenstown ' 18 lb., and was put in at even weights 

 with ' Tame Deer.' I don't remember what weight 

 ' Sweet William,' ridden by J. Goater, carried, 

 but he broke down half a mile from home and 

 never ran again, so it does not much matter. 

 'Tame Deer,' ridden by Jem Covey (who rode 

 ' Black Tommy ' in the Derby), won by nearly a 

 distance. I was second on ' Queenstown,' and 

 Fordham was beaten two lengths from me on 

 ' Rocket.' Of course it looked as if Mr. Lambert's 

 horse had no chance whatever for the Cesarewitch, 

 but William Goater and myself both declared the 

 trial to be wrong, as ' Tame Deer ' was let in with 

 too light a weight, and also set such a very strong 

 pace that he choked the "young uns," especially 



