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son of Sir Hercules, with 3 and 4 to 1 on him, easily 

 defeated Lord Waterford's Hackfall, and Redwing 

 suffered a couple of defeats also during- the week. At 

 Kilkenny, in October, Manilla was twice beaten, and 

 Blueskln won a hurdle race, but was not placed for 

 another. At Tramore, in the same month, his lord- 

 ship steered Manilla to victory for a minor stake over 

 timber ; and Ballysax, a horse he bought from a relative 

 of the author at the end of the year, also gained a few 

 brackets. 



In 1842, the first race he won was with Redwing, 

 who beat Mr. Watts' s Forester for the Wellingtons at 

 the Curragh April Meeting, and on the following day 

 Redwing walked over for the Challenge of the Welling- 

 tons. At this time Columbine, Blueskln, Usurper, Red- 

 wing, Firefly, Ballysax, Black Dwarf, Fairy (by Rock- 

 ingham, out of Cronstadt), Conrad, Manilla, and Kil- 

 moylan, comprised Lord Henry's racing stud ; but none 

 of them except Redwing, Firefly, and Fairy were very 

 good, the last-named being, Indeed, a speedy, neat filly. 



In 1843, "Larry" Byrne, who had been for 

 some years trainer to Mr. Ferguson, who resided 

 at Rossmore Lodge, resigned the situation, and 

 became manager of Lord Waterford's stud. Fourteen 

 horses carried his lordship's colours that year, but their 

 owner had not by any means a *' rose}^'' time of It. 

 Henry, a neat chestnut four-year-old, with an erratic 

 disposition, won six races value 340 sovs. and a silver 

 cup, Tearing Thief won four small stakes, and Fairy 

 secured a couple of " centuries" at the Curragh. 



In the following year, the familiar jacket was first 

 carried by Blueskln, In a race which will long be re- 

 membered by those who saw It. It was the Munster 



