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mile, deliberately rode on to the course and knocked both 

 him and his horse over. 



So incensed was Capt. Lamb, owner of Vivian, who 

 chanced to be on horseback at the spot where the outrage 

 took place, that he at once galloped after the culprit and 

 administered what he well deserved, a sound horsewhipping. 



A well-known sporting writer, after describing the occur- 

 rence, proceeds as follows : — 



"This incident led to the sale of Sir William, for while 

 McDonough was lying in bed suffering from a broken collar- 

 bone and two or three fractured ribs, John Elmore called on 

 him and bought the horse for ;£s5^- ^ ^^^ ^^Y^ afterwards 

 he was re-sold to Lord Cranstoun for ;^iooo, when his new 

 owner at once proceeded to match him against Lord Suffield's 

 Jerry for ;^iooo a side, the course to be four miles over the 

 Quorn country. Several good horsemen now tried to ride 

 Sir William, but none of them could do much with him, as 

 in the hands of a stranger he could hardly be managed. 



"The two horses were matched on a Monday, and on 

 the following Thursday, a messenger from Melton Mowbray 

 arrived at Wellmont with a letter from Lord Howth asking 

 McDonough to ride the horse. This was in the pre-railroad 

 days, but McDonough started at once, and arrived on the 

 following Sunday. He saw that Sir William was in capital 

 condition, and in his hands the horse won the match. 



'•Jerry, ridden by Jim Mason, was favourite, and to the 

 delight of McDonough, who was afraid to make his own 

 running, was sent to the front at once. His joy, however, 

 was of short duration, as Jerry refused the first fence, so 

 Sir William went on, jumped kindly enough, and won very 

 easily. In the next year, however (1840), Jerry won the 

 Liverpool from a field of good horses." 



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