376 RACING CAREER OF SIR W. H. GREGORY. 



ambo ; Barricade, the best two - year - old that I 

 ever saw tried, and about the worst three-year- 

 old ; Vitellius, a first - class horse, who won the 

 Northamptonshire Stakes in a canter, and beat 

 St Lawrence next day for the Queen's Plate with 

 equal ease. Soon after came Rhesus, a most un- 

 fortunate horse, who resembled General Chasse, 

 seeing that neither of them could be ridden or 

 done justice to by a boy. Rhesus, however, was 

 the best three-year-old ever trained by Treen, and 

 twelve pounds better than Loupgarou. Clermont 

 was pretty good, and, as you know, a lucky horse 

 to me. In 1855 I sold all my horses, and Treen's 

 luck left him. At a later date he won the Cesare- 

 witch with Hartington, and, I think, the Chester 

 Cup for Fred Swindell with that very good horse 

 Leamington, who has done so much good to the 

 American Turf. Being owed a great deal of money 

 by some of his recent masters, poor Treen was 

 ruined, and went out to Bangalore on my recom- 

 mendation to take charge of the stud of thorough- 

 breds belonging to Mr Downall, a Devonshire 

 gentleman, w^ho had made a large fortune as a 

 coffee-planter in Ceylon. 



" It was a fortunate connection for Treen, al- 

 though his health suffered not a little from the 

 climate of India, whence he returned to England 

 before his new master, who, however, did not 

 forget him. Upon arriving in England, Treen 

 again took to training, but accomplished nothing 



