136 MEMORIES OF MEN AND HORSES 



winner of the V.R.C. Derby and second for the 

 Melbourne Cup. He had an immeasurably better fore- 

 hand than his close relative Carbine, and had he not 

 been a good sort all round he certainly would not have 

 pleased Count Lehndorff. 



I had bought him for 3500 guineas after the famous 

 lottery of the St Albans stud, in which he was, I think, 

 the third prize, and he came to England, accompanied, 

 much to my surprise, by Trenton, who was the second 

 prize and had been secured by the young Messrs Wilson 

 of Ercildoune. Entirely unknown to me, they shipped 

 Trenton alongside Carnage, and cabled me that he was 

 consigned to me, his future being at my discretion. It 

 was a rather unpleasant situation, for Mr P. C. Patton, 

 for whom I had bought Carnage, as well as several good 

 mares in England to mate with him, such as Saintly, 

 Dorcas, Lady Halle", etc., did not like the idea of his 

 horse being overshadowed by Trenton. However, it 

 all worked out right, for Carnage had a full subscription 

 at 50 guineas before he reached England, and Patton 

 had to put some of his own mares to Trenton. The 

 first of these was the maiden, Saintly, and from her the 

 old horse sired Longy, a top-class two-year-old until they 

 took him to Baden-Baden, where bad water fairly settled 

 him. Carnage was full at 50 guineas for three years in 

 England, and his stock promised well. He had got 

 back his purchase money and expenses in those three 

 seasons, and it was then that Count Lehndorff came 

 along to try and buy him. I had a free hand to act for 

 Patton, and set the price at 10,000 guineas. Count 

 Lehndorff and his son came to Cobham to examine the 

 horse, and I never saw any vet. so careful over every 

 detail. They spent goodness knows how long in 



