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I might say, coming gradually before asking him to 

 make his final effort. If you did not do this he would 

 get flurried, change his legs, and roll about instead 

 of galloping on. I think Mr. John Porter will bear 

 me out in what I have said, as he had ' The Palmer ' 

 in the Chesterfield Cup with 9 st. 8 lb., and thought 

 it quite impossible for ' Vespasian ' to beat him after 

 the running with ' Blue Gown.' As, however. I 

 have already shown, the two races were run in an 

 entirely different way, and this will account for the 

 result. ' Vespasian ' was a beautiful-looking horse, 

 with the exception of his fore-legs : he turned both 

 his toes outwards very badly indeed, so much so 

 that he always ran in black leather boots, to keep 

 him from hitting himself. Standing 16. i high, very 

 powerfully built, he was a fine-bred colt by ' New- 

 minster,' but was a great failure at the stud, although 

 he was undoubtedly a good horse himself. 



Another very useful colt Sir Charles Legard had 

 at the same time was ' Border Knight' In 1870 I 

 won the Brio^hton Stakes with 8 st. 11 lb. on him, 

 and the Brighton Cup the next day, beating ' Ken- 

 nington,' a three-year-old that had won the North- 

 umberland Plate just before, with 7 st. on his back. 

 ' Kennington ' was a great favourite, and belonged 

 to Mr. Formby, who ran his horses in the name of 



