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a maiden jockey. I have seen him ride at Croxton 

 Park, Brighton, Stamford, and other places, but 

 never recollect seeing him ride a winner, although I 

 believe he would have given his right hand to have 

 done so. This time he was riding a horse called 

 ' Loiterer,' by ' Stockwell ' — ■' Ennui,' half-brother to 

 ' Saunterer,' and Mr. Edwards was riding ' Captain 

 Crow.' It looked any odds on ' Loiterer' at the 

 bottom end of the stand — in fact, he had won easily 

 if the Count had let him canter home ; but the 

 winning-chair was about fifty yards past the betting- 

 ring, where there was a large box where they took the 

 money for going into the ring and stands, which the 

 poor old Count, who was very near-sighted, had mis- 

 taken for the judge's box. Anyhow, Mr. Edwards, 

 riding ' Captain Crow ' as hard as possible, got up on 

 the inside, and won by a neck. There was a fright- 

 ful row, and the Birmingham roughs called Count 

 Batthyany all the names they could think of, and 

 swore he had been at the same game — pulling — for 

 years ; yet, as I have said before, no man would 

 have sacrificed more to win a race on one of his 

 own horses. 



The week afterwards, at Warwick, Count Batthy- 

 any did a very clever thing. I don't know whether 

 it was his own planning or not, but it was very 



