MR. ALLEN M'DONOGH. 359 



A year after that, Mr. Allen M'Donogh lost a large 

 sum of money at Aintree, and sold Perfection and two 

 hunters to Goodman Levy. Soon afterwards, he won 

 a steeplechase at Banbury on Cannon-Ball. Goodman 

 Levy came to him after the race, and said : " I have 

 that pony I bought from you entered in the next race, 

 will you ride him for me?" He declined, saying, 

 "Oh, he is only a slow hunter," but after some press- 

 ing, he consented, knowing he was a good fencer. 

 Sixteen started, and he won by a field. 



Apropos of "Goody" Levy, he was the man who 

 had the management of the notorious Running Rein, 

 and Lord George Bentinck traced the guilt of that 

 nefarious transaction home to him. His Lordship, 

 knowing that the horse's legs had been dyed, endea- 

 voured to find the chemist where the'' mixture"had been 

 purchased. He suspected Levy to be connected with 

 the attempted swindle ; and when his Lordship went 

 to Rossi's, to make inquiries, he ascertained that a 

 large quantity of hair-dye had been sold a short time 

 previously to a person, and, the proprietor added, 

 " the gentleman ordered a second jar, and forgot to 

 pay for it." "Oh!" immediately exclaimed Lord 

 George, " I am sure of him now; it must be Levy;" 

 and he brought Mr. Rossi with him to Tattersall's, 

 where he knew Levy was ; and the moment the chemist 

 saw him, he identified him as being the purchaser of 

 the dye. Levy was a passionate gambler. He had 

 several racehorses at one time, and won many valu- 

 able stakes ; but he died in poverty. 



After Perfection won the race alluded to, Mr. M'Do- 

 nogh met Lord Cardigan one day in the hunting-field ; 

 his Lordship asked him would Perfection be a suitable 



