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ing to ' Bell's Life,' included Mr Cooper, General 

 Peel, Lord Strafford, Mr Payne, Mr Greville, Lord 

 Chesterfield, Lord Wilton, Lord Ailesbury, and 

 Lord Stradbroke. In addition, he was frequently 

 employed by Lord Zetland, General Anson, Lord 

 Derby, Sir Charles Monck, Sir Joseph Hawley, Mr 

 Bowes, Mr A. Nicol, and John Scott. 



Nat's chief characteristics were that, more than 

 any other jockey of my acquaintance, he rode 

 scrupulously to orders ; and, secondly, that it was 

 at all times difficult to induce him to stand £5 or 

 £10 on his mount, or on a "good thing" from any 

 of the stables for which he rode. One instance I 

 remember of a race which he lost from not under- 

 standing the sluggishness of the horse upon which 

 he was mounted. In 1847 he rode Mr Mostyn's 

 Crozier, by Lanercost out of Crucifix, in a Produce 

 Stake at Ascot, over the Old Mile, against Mr 

 Harvey Combe's Trouncer. The betting was 5 to 

 4 on Crozier, and Flatman's orders were to make 

 strong running, as Crozier was an extremely lazy 

 horse and a good stayer. To my great surprise 

 and disappointment, Trouncer waited upon Crozier, 

 and beat him easily by a couple of lengths. Two 

 days later Crozier and Trouncer were in another 

 sweepstakes at the same weights, and among 

 others they were opposed by a smartish horse 

 called Epirote, who belonged to Colonel Anson. 

 Mr Cynric Lloyd, who acted for Mr Mostyn, 

 thought it quite useless to start Crozier again ; 



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