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val ; and certainly he did not evince his usual pre- 

 sence of mind and skill in the emergency. It is, 

 however, no shame to this excellent rider to have 

 been out-manoeuvered by so great an opponent. 



Robinson may be said with truth to have de- 

 served the great success which has never failed to 

 attend him by his uniform good conduct. It is 

 said that in 1824, this fortunate rider told several 

 friends that he would win the Derby on Cedric, 

 the Oaks on Cobweb, and be married in the same 

 week ; and he accomplished all three undertakings. 

 In 1827, he rode the winner of the Derby and St. 

 Leger, and received a present of one thousand 

 pounds for winning the latter, and this too from a 

 gentleman whom he had never seen before. 



After Chifney and Robinson, and ranking with 

 Wilham Scott, we find the names of John Day, 

 both father and son, Elnathan Flatman, George 

 Nelson, Edward, George and Harry Edwards, Pa- 

 trick ConoUy (an Irishman), Wakefield, Temple- 

 man, William Boyce, R. Pettit, Rogers, &c., all 

 of whom ride at Newmarket, and are jockeys in 

 good repute and excellent practice. 



As it would exceed our limits to enumerate the 

 particular instances in which these riders have 

 distinguished themselves in public, we must con- 

 tent ourselves with referring our readers to the 

 lists of "winners of Great Stakes," in our Appen- 

 dix, in which he will find the names of their 

 riders. 



