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really had a great chance, Mr Young backed him to win 

 a good stake, and always declared that he stood on the 

 course in exactly the same place as he did in his dream. 

 Mr Young (who was the breeder of Digby Grand, Grand 

 Flaneur, and at one time owned Controversy) told several 

 people at Richmond of his dream before he went to Chester. 



I have heard it stated on very good authority that the 

 Hon. Amias Charles Orde-Powlett, younger brother of the 

 late Lord Bolton, some time before Voltigeur won the 

 Derby, dreamt that the first three horses in that race were : 

 I. Voltigeur ; 2. Pitsford ; 3. Clincher, He wrote to his 

 brother, the Hon. T. Orde-Powlett, to that effect, and both 

 gentlemen backed the lucky dream, the horses, as everybody 

 knows, finishing as above placed. The mother of these 

 two gentlemen was also celebrated as a lucky dreamer : 

 she twice dreamt the winner of the St Leger, her husband 

 on each occasion backing the dream and landing good 

 stakes. 



Lord Vivian's famous City and Suburban dream is 

 probably known to most Turfmen. Still, it may be new 

 to some, and therefore I give it in Lord Vivian's own 

 words : — 



" I dreamed on the morning of the race for the City 

 and Suburban in 1874, that I had fallen asleep in the 

 weighing-room at Epsom prior to the race, and that after 

 it had been run I was awakened by a gentleman, the 

 owner of another horse in the race, who informed me 

 that The Teacher had won. Of this horse, as far as my 

 recollection serves me, I had never heard before. On 

 reaching Victoria Station the first person I saw was the 

 gentleman who had appeared to me in my dream, and to 

 whom I mentioned it, saying I could not find any horse 

 so named in the race, to which he replied, ' There is a horse, 

 now called Aldrich, which was previously known as The 

 Teacher.' The dream had so vividly impressed me that I 

 declared my intention of backing Aldrich for ;^ioo, and 

 was in the act of doing so when I was questioned by the 

 owner as to why I was backing his horse. I answered, 

 ' Because I dreamt he had won the race.' To this I was 

 answered, ' As against your dream I will tell you a fact. I 



