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" purple, yellow sleeves and red cap" was 'King 

 Lud.' His lordship purchased this horse at the late 

 Lord Zetland's sale, acting on the recommendation 

 of Mr. Tom Lawley, for, I think, i,6oo guineas. 

 A very cheap horse indeed ' King Lud ' proved to be. 

 In this particular Lord Lonsdale had a very different 

 transaction with a colt called ' Somerset ' that he 

 bought as a two-year-old from Sir Frederick John- 

 stone for ^2,600 after the horse had won the New- 

 market July Stakes. With the exception of securing 

 the Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood, when he had 

 a solitary opponent in ' Fitz - James,' ' Somerset ' 

 never won another race. 



* King Lud' won the Cesarewitch Stakes in 1873, 

 when ridden by Bruckshaw. The horse was very fairly 

 handicapped, considering that he only had 7 st. 5 lb. 

 to carry as a four-year-old. After this ' King Lud' 

 improved considerably, and I rode him to victory 

 in the Alexandra Plate at Ascot, beating the French 

 horse ' Boiard,' who had won the Gold Cup the day 

 before, defeating one of the best fields that ever 

 went to the post for a long distance race in England. 

 The Continental horses ' Boiard ' and ' Flageolet ' 

 were first and second, and behind them were ' Don- 

 caster,' 'Gang Forward,' 'Marie Stuart,' and 

 * Kaiser.' The first and second in the Two 



