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countryman had done, was naturally disposed to 

 comply with the request, and was about to do so when 

 his " friend indeed" again came to the rescue, and 

 said to him : *' Come on out of that, Mr. Tom, do you 

 want to insult the weigh-master by making him weigh 

 you twice ? " The trick was successful, and the Irish- 

 men went their way rejoicing. The same month, at 

 the Warwick and Leamington Meeting, Lord George, 

 in the hands of Captain Dyson, won the Hunt Cup, 

 beating a large field. 



At the end of the year, Lord Waterford purchased 

 Redmond O'Hanlon from Mr. Dunne of Ballymanus 

 for^i,ooo, and The Marquis from Mr. Watts for a 

 very big price ; and in the year following he had as 

 good a stud of racers and steeplechasers as any man 

 in Europe. Lord George, Duc-an-Dhurras, The 

 Marquis, Redmond O'Hanlon, Roller, Cock-crow, 

 Augustine, Lancaster, Sharavogue, Ranger, Eleanor, 

 Celt, Kick-up-the-Dust, Hero, Warner, all won races 

 for him — 2>3 ii^ Ireland, their value amounting to 

 ^2,680 los., and three on the other side of the 

 Channel, where Lancaster won the Chesterfield Stakes 

 Sharavogue the Citizens' Guineas, and The Marquis 

 the Dee Stand Cup — all at Chester. That year, at 

 Epsom, the Marquis bought Barbarian for ^1,000 im- 

 mediately after his running second for the Derby, 

 hoping to win the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot with him, 

 but the horse unfortunately broke down during that 

 race. 



In 1853 the stable was successful, eighteen races, 

 amounting to ;^ 1,664 ic*s., being the result of the per- 

 formance. The next year there came a great change 

 for the worse — Lobster, Marquis, Lambay, Warner, a 



