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"Yes, Custance, four; and I tried them twice over." 

 On hearing this I asked no further questions, but 

 went home quite contented that, unless he had 

 made a very great mistake, it was all right. I never 

 saw anyone so certain of winning a race, and, as a 

 rule, Mr. Cartwright was not a sanguine man. On 

 the Derby day he had over thirty telegrams written 

 to his friends to say that ' George Frederick ' had 

 won, I have no doubt my friend Tom Leader, 

 who trained ' George Frederick ' — poor Tom Olliver 

 having died in the January before — will bear me 

 out in what I say. 



It is impossible for me to forget my old friend 

 ' Louise Victoria,' who must have a word of praise. 

 She was the most genuine and game mare I ever 

 rode. Although not so good as the others, she 

 could always be depended upon to do her best, and 

 this, I think, is a great trait in the character of a 

 horse. ' Louise Victoria ' won several races, and 

 ran up to six years old, and, I believe, was perfectly 

 sound when she left the race-course for the paddock. 

 Another very fair horse was ' Scamander,' who 

 won the Northamptonshire Stakes of 1865, with 



7 St. 8 lb. on, T. Cannon riding. I was second on 

 him in the Goodwood Stakes the same year, with 



8 St. 5 lb., to ' Suspicion,' four years old, 6 st. 13 lb. 



