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horses, as well as some good and aristocratic em- 

 ployers. The latter included the Earl of Chester- 

 field, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl of Londes- 

 borough. Lord Newport (the present Earl of 

 Bradford), Stirling Crawfurd, Esq., and Sir H. des 

 Voeux. The string of horses consisted of about 

 seventy, and amongst them were some very smart 

 ones, including ' Summerside,' ' Zuyder Zee,' ' East 

 Langton,' 'Thorpe Langton,' 'Odd Trick,' 'Com- 

 forter,' ' Chevalier,' and others. Wells, Fordham, 

 Ashmall, and myself were the jockeys connected 

 with the stable. Very often we were summoned 

 to Bretby to ride trials, which we always were 

 obliged to do in full costume, exactly as though 

 we were riding a race, with the exception that we 

 all had brown silk jackets on. I well remember 

 riding ' Odd Trick ' in a trial there, and never was 

 in a greater fright in my life. We were going a mile 

 and a half; I think there were five horses in the 

 gallop, and the last quarter of a mile it lay between 

 three of us. I was making running on ' Odd Trick,' 

 Wells, on 'Zuyder Zee,' was on my whip-hand, and 

 Ashmall on the near side, riding 'Chevalier.' They 

 were both at my horse's quarters, and each of them 

 calling to me to look out, as they were both riding very 

 vicious beasts. ' Zuyder Zee ' always ran in a muzzle, 



