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the Chester Cup), Winesour, and Rowena, and one 

 good three-year-old, the Ironmaster, who belonged 

 to the almost invincible Mr A. W. Hill, the owner 

 of Sweetmeat, the Libel, Salopian, Alonzo, and 

 Burlesque. The previous career of Lothario shows 

 (if that were necessary) what the uncertainty of 

 horse - racing is. At Epsom Summer Meeting 

 Lothario ran for the Surrey Cup, which Lord 

 George's Croton Oil won, although Lothario, 

 who ran very badly, and was beaten a long 

 way, was much better than Croton Oil at the 

 weights. A day or two after Lothario appeared 

 very dull, and was off his feed — the result 

 of a chill which he caught at Epsom. I was 

 therefore obliged to ease him in his work, and 

 between Epsom and Ascot he was limited to an 

 occasional canter. In this condition he ran for 

 the Ascot Stakes — a race of which the Duke of 

 Richmond was very fond — although I had not the 

 slightest exjDectation that, over the severest course 

 in England, Lothario would win it, and he was 

 not backed for a shilling by the stable. To my 

 intense astonishment, however, Lothario fairly 

 wore down Mr Meiklam's five - year - old mare, 

 Inheritress, who started first favourite at 3 to 1, 

 and was backed for a heap of money. For this 

 race Lothario's only backer was, so far as I know, 

 the Marquis of Exeter, who trusted him with a 

 " pony," as he had vowed, after Lothario beat 



