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trie peer was never known to sell a racehorse. He 

 used to have a regular shooting- day after he had 

 tried his two-year-olds ; those he found out not good 

 enough for him to race had the bullet put through 

 their head at once. Occasionally he was known 

 to let some few people have a horse for their lifetime 

 for hacking purposes. The late Tom Aldcroft. his 

 jockey, had two or three. Amongst others, Aldcroft 

 had a lovely chestnut horse, called ' Blacksmith,' 

 good-looking enough to take a prize at any show ; 

 but he or anyone else that had one was obliged to 

 give a guarantee that the animal never went out of 

 his possession, but was shot. 



Lord Glasgow was also a good patron of the turf, 

 and, although he had his little eccentricities, he had 

 some very good traits in his character. Unfor- 

 tunately, he suffered from some nervous affliction, 

 and when he got excited he always rubbed the back 

 of his neck with his hand as fast as possible, and was 

 of a very quick temperament. On one occasion, 

 when he was staying at a hotel in Glasgow, the 

 waiter annoyed him by answering very abruptly, 

 whereupon he picked him up and threw him out of 

 the first-floor window, breaking his leg, as well as 

 causing other injuries. The 'landlord went up to 

 know what was to be done, as the man was badly 



