CHAPTER VII. 



The Third Earl of Lonsdale — He huys ' King Lud ' and wins the 

 Cesarewitch — A Great Race at Chester— Sir Charles Legard — 

 'Vespasian's ' Victory in the Chesterfield Cup — ' Border Knight' 

 at Brighton and Doncaster. 



ENRY, the third Earl of Lonsdale, the 

 father of the late and present peers, 

 was one of my principal employers. 

 For several years he had the second 

 claim on my services. Lord Lonsdale, 

 who was a supporter of the Bedford Cottage stable at 

 Newmarket, was very conservative about the meet- 

 ings he patronized, and he principally liked to run 

 horses at such gatherings as Newmarket, Ascot, 

 Epsom, and Croxton Park. Indeed, it may be said 

 that these four were his favourite race -courses. 

 Although never at any one time owning- a very large 

 string of horses, he had some useful ones in 'King 

 Death,' ' lona,' ' Bickerstaffe,' and others. Without 

 question, the very best horse that carried the popular 



