70 IRiMuo IRccollections an^ Uurf Stories 



A great deal has been said and written about 

 * Hermit ' not being game, and not finishing his 

 races as he should have done ; but if reference is 

 made to his two-year-old form, it will be found he 

 was a very consistent performer. After he broke 

 his blood-vessel at three years old, I believe the colt 

 was always afraid to finish a race, or quite extend 

 himself. I well remember a match was made 

 between ' Julius' and him after the former had been 

 third to ' Achievement ' and ' Hermit ' in the Leger. 

 Subsequently 'Julius' won the Cesarewitch, and 

 several people thought him the better colt of the 

 two, and unlucky to have been beaten in the classic 

 races. They were matched, however, to run the 

 Two Middle Miles at Newmarket First Spring, 

 in 1 868. Both the horses were engaged in the 

 Biennial Stakes, at the Craven Meeting, and 

 ' Hermit ' was penalized 7 lb. for winning the Derby. 

 He thus had to give 'Julius ' 7 lb., as the latter had 

 not won a classic race. I was told not to weigh 

 out if Daley did for ' Julius.' I waited at the top 

 stand, where the race was to finish, and asked Mr. 

 Manning if Daley had weighed out. He said, " No." 

 So I went to the Ditch stables to saddle. Directly 

 afterwards a message came to say that Daley had 

 weighed at the bottom stand, which I knew nothing 



