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siding genius. The boy's rise in his profession was 

 rapid and unintermitted. His first mount was on 

 Lord Exeter's Gold Pin in 1829 ; his last, curi- 

 ously enough, upon the Duke of Bedford's Golden 

 Pippin in 1859. Being able to ride 7 st. 5 lb. and 

 to keep down to that weight, he soon got more 

 mounts than any other jockey, and for seven years 

 (from 1846 to 1852, both inclusive) he headed the list 

 of winning jockeys. When he died in 1860, having 

 been riding for just thirty years, he left behind 

 him the modest sum of £8000, and, in addition, he 

 p-ave his sons and dauo-hters — two of whom were 

 drowned when the Princess Alice came into col- 

 lision with, and was sunk by, the Bywell Castle 

 on the Thames in September 1878 — an excellent 

 education. 



Never was there a more faithful or honest 

 servant than Flatman proved himself to all his 

 employers. The masters for whom he rode at the 

 commencement of his career may be set down in 

 the folloAving order : First, William Cooper and 

 his stable, including Colonel Peel, General Yates, 

 Captain George Byng (afterwards Earl of Straf- 

 ford), and Captain Gardner ; second, Mr Payne 

 and Mr Greville ; third. Lord Chesterfield ; fourth, 

 the Goodwood stable ; and fifth. Lord Glasgow. 



From William Cooper no retaining fee was ever 

 accepted by Nat ; and from Colonel Peel he would 

 never take more than £20 per annum, and £50 

 from Mr Payne. His last list of masters, accord- 



