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had not thought of it until I mentioned the matter to 

 him. ' The Doctor ' still remained at Holman s at 

 Cheltenham. It was in the spring of the year when 

 this took place, and nothing more was said until the 

 back end of the racing season, when, after winning 

 the Omnium, or French Cesarewitch, on ' Barbillon,' 

 I asked his Grace if he had any steeplechase horses 

 he wished to get qualified for hunters — they had to 

 get a hunting certificate at that time from the 

 Master of Hounds — or any to part with to carry me 

 hunting. The Duke immediately said : 



" Yes ; there is a horse called ' Knave of Trumps ' 

 I want to qualify, and I will give you 'The Doctor,' 

 if you like to accept him, for your own riding. I 

 will write to Holman and tell him to send him to 

 Easton, and will then send them both together to 

 you." 



Doubtless his Grace had forgotten all about Mr. 

 Crawshaw then. I explained to the I )uke of Hamilton 

 hat sending ' The Doctor ' from Cheltenham to 

 Easton in Suffolk would be like sending him by 

 my own door to bring him back again, so he told 

 me to let Holman know that he was to send the old 

 horse to me. You may depend upon it I did this 

 quickly, and both ' The Doctor ' and ' Knave of 

 Trumps ' arrived in Rutlandshire the next week — 



