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very rare occurrence. Oddly enough, he was a 

 roarer, crib-biter, weaver, and had a club-foot — a 

 curious complication of diseases and faults ; and, 

 with all these, was the very best hunter I ever saw. 

 Amongst my many patrons, I must not forget to 

 mention Mr. George Bryan, an Irish gentleman, 

 who had some real good horses. Amongst them 

 may be mentioned ' Welland,' ' Fantastic,' ' Million- 

 aire,' ' OstroQ;oth,' and several other useful animals. 

 Goodwin trained for him at Newmarket, and he also 

 had the management of Mr. Longfield's horses, 

 which included ' Union Jack.' ' Blarney,' and 'Caro- 

 line,' three very good three-year-olds, all bred by 

 himself in Ireland. I went over to the Curragh 

 in 1863 and won "The Railways" on 'Blarney,' 

 " The Angleseys " on ' Union jack,' and a Biennial 

 on 'Caroline,' beating Captain Machell's 'Bacchus.' 

 I also won the Kildare Handicap at the same meet- 

 ing on * Redskin ' for Mr. Longfield, and afterwards 

 rode and won the First Class Nursery at New- 

 market with top weight, 8 st. 12 lb., on ' Union 

 jack,' beating a large field. Mr. Longfield was 

 offered ^12,000 (a great price in those days) for the 

 three two-year-olds at the back end of the year, after 

 ' Blarney ' and ' Caroline ' had both won Nurseries 

 at Shrewsbury, but he would not sell them. Mr. 



