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This time ' Comforter ' won, and afterwards Mr. 

 Halford, the owner of ' Emblem,' brought an action 

 against the Croxton Park Club for the stakes. Of 

 course, he got beaten, as he admitted the false start 

 by going to the post a second time. Had he not 

 started his mare again, it was thought that, with the 

 evidence of the jockeys (who were all in his favour), 

 he might have stood a chance. As it was, the 

 second race was confirmed, and a nice paper warfare 

 it caused between "John Davis" (the late Earl of 

 Winchilsea) and " Argus " (the late Mr. Wills) of 

 the Morning Post. 



On the back of ' Comforter ' I afterwards won the 

 Cleveland Handicap at Doncaster two years in 

 succession, and was only beaten a head the third time 

 by that good mare ' Caller Ou,' when the horse was 

 giving her a lot of weight. Another good animal Sir 

 H. des Vceux owned was 'Taje,' on whom I won 

 several races as a two-year-old, and a very useful 

 mare called ' Roly-Poly.' They were located at 

 Bretby Park, near Burton -on -Trent, under the 

 charge of Mr. Tom Taylor (father of the Manton 

 trainer), who afterwards removed to Grafton House, 

 Newmarket, where he died. He was a very eccen- 

 tric old gentleman, but a good trainer. 



At various times Tom Taylor had some first-class 



