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I answered : 



" Why not ?" 



When he Immediately repHed : 



" I tried to give him no chance to make a mistake 

 in the race." 



This was lucky, as we tried ' Lord Clifden ' for 

 the Woodcote Stakes at Epsom. I shall never 

 forget this contest. I was on the jockey-stand, at 

 that time adjoining the reporters. As soon as the 

 flag had fallen, there came a cry, " The favourite's 

 left !" This he virtually was. A horse belonging 

 to Mr. J. Eastwood, named ' Hawthorn Blossom,' 

 got a good start, and was leading ten lengths round 

 Tattenham Corner, when they called out, " ' Haw- 

 thorn Blossom' wins!" I directly said : "There is 

 one behind that can fall down, get up, and win." Of 

 course, I meant ' Lord Clifden.' After the race, 

 several who heard my remark congratulated me on 

 my judgment, but they did not know that I had 

 ridden in the trial. After that contest. Lord St. 

 Vincent made up his mind to buy ' Lord Clifden ' 

 and ' Lady Straflbrd,'and Jack Holmes, an Irishman, 

 was entrusted with the commission. For a week 

 or two the bargaining went on, and no terms were 

 arrived at until Manchester W^hltsuntide races. Mr. 

 Hind, who bred ' Lord Clifden,' lived at Newcastle, in 



