232 GAINS IN 1844 AND 1845. 



entirely champagne, amounted to about £75, show- 

 ing that the traditional six dozen had been greatly 

 exceeded. " I am very glad to hear it," rejoined his 

 Lordship. " We do not win the Champagne Stakes 

 every day, and I hope it will do Mrs Bowe a little 

 good. I shall be only too glad to pay the same bill 

 for wine over again under similar circumstances." 

 This very liberal expenditure on his Lordship's 

 part was not solely due to Princess Alice's victory 

 in the Champagne Stakes, but was also prompted 

 by Ennui's match. I have already mentioned that 

 his Lordship was much struck by Tom TuUoch's 

 good looks when John Scott brought him as a 

 yearling to Doncaster to be put up at auction. It 

 was with the greatest difficulty that I dissuaded 

 his Lordship from bidding more for Tom Tulloch 

 than 1200 guineas, seeing that he was a colt with 

 heavy shoulders, roguish eyes, and a clubby foot. 

 Tom Tulloch was knocked down to Lord Maidstone 

 at 1500 guineas, and the match previously alluded 

 to was ratified. John Scott thought so highly of 

 Tom Tulloch that he encouraged Lord Maidstone 

 to back him for the Two Thousand and Derby of 

 1846 before his form was exposed at Doncaster, 

 where he was expected to show his heels without 

 difficulty to Ennui. Tom Tulloch had been tried 

 greatly superior to Colonel Anson's lago, who ran 

 second to Princess Alice for the Champagne, and 

 it never occurred to John Scott and Frank Butler 

 that a little scratching filly like Ennui could beat 



