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even weights. After this we didn't think ' Breadal- 

 bane ' had much chance to win, but he ran third to 

 ' Gladiateur ' and 'Archimedes.' I afterwards won 

 the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Ascot on him, but 

 he was nothing Hke so good as his brother, ' Blair 

 Athol.' 



Mr. Chaplin also bought ' Blinkhoolie ' from Mr. 

 r Anson as a two-year-old, and a disappointing horse 

 he turned out at that age. They tried him well, 

 and backed him for a lot of money in a Nursery at 

 Stockbridge, but he was not in the first three, 

 Jemmy Grimshaw riding ; but I won the Gimcrack 

 Stakes at York on him. Mr. I' Anson, the owner of 

 ' Blair Athol' and ' Blink Bonny,' was there to see 

 him run, and would have ^5 on him. The book- 

 makers offered 20 to i against the colt, and I should 

 think that he was the only person on the course who 

 backed him. ' Blinkhoolie ' was beaten twice after- 

 wards when we fancied him ; and I always thought 

 Jemmy Grimshaw used to bustle him too much from 

 the starting-post. Curiously enough, this jockey 

 never won a race on ' Blinkhoolie,' and I never was 

 beaten when I rode him. 



The uncertainty of racing was never more clearly 

 shown than in the Cesarewitch of 1867, in which 

 race * Julius ' had 8 St., and won, while ' Blinkhoolie ' 



