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and my words were literally verified. There were 

 eleven starters, and My Mary made most of the 

 running at a smart pace. As the field approached 

 the Red House, she had them all in difiiculties, 

 and won very easily by a length, which Kitchener 

 might have made twenty or thirty had he cared 

 to do so. He rode her very steadily in a snafide 

 bridle, and without spurs. Before the race, some 

 good judges who had often seen My Mary when 

 she was trained as a two-year-old at Hednesford 

 laughed at the idea that she would get the St 

 Leger course, and lost their money accordingly. 



As we walked away from the course following 

 the filly, his Lordship, after pausing for a minute 

 to hear " All right " pronounced when Kitchener 

 got into the scales, thanked me very warmly for 

 winning this race with a mare whom no one else, 

 as he kindly remarked, had ever been able to get 

 to stay a mile. " You have got all my money back 

 for me," he added, " and a little more on the top of 

 it, as I have won rather more than £15,000." 



A few days later I received from his Lordship 

 the following kind and considerate letter : — 



" Welbeck, Worksop, Notts, 

 Bept. 22, 1845. 



" John Kent, — Our Commissioner made poor 

 work of it for us on the Great Yorkshire Handicap, 

 averaging only 2 to 1. However, as I consider it 

 a great triumph of training getting My Mary, 



