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partnership with General Pearson, thought that 

 ' Rustic ' was the better of the two. On the Wednes- 

 day of the Ascot Meetino- the Duke of Beaufort 

 purchased ' Rustic ' for 5,000 guineas, and there was 

 a lot of chaff at the time that his Grace had purchased 

 the Ilsley second string. 



That summer ' Lord Lyon ' went on capitally. 

 Early in August he was stripped at Ilsley, and as a 

 two-year-old, carrying 8 St., he beat ' Gardevisure,' 

 3 years, 9 st. 4 lb., by seven lengths over six furlongs. 

 This did not content General Pearson, and he would 

 have his horse galloped again. A fortnight later 

 * Lord Lyon ' was put with ' Gardevisure 'at 10 lb., 

 when the young one won in a canter by about three 

 lengths. That Newmarket Houghton Meeting 

 ' Gardevisure ' w^on the Cambridgeshire, and the 

 Ilsley people would have preferred to have run the 

 two-year-old at the same weights. ' Lord Lyon ' 

 was a better stayer than the older horse. 



' Lord Lyon ' ran a dead-heat with ' Redan ' in 

 the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster, on the occasion 

 of making his debut in '65. After receiving forfeit 

 in a minor race at the Newmarket First October 

 Meeting, I steered him to victory in the Troy 

 Stakes, beating ' Mr. Pitt,' ' The Primate,' and three 

 others, at the Second October Meeting. Riding 



