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Heart, and Black Flag to Bit of Lace. Brighton 

 went seven times to Altcar, and won six prizes and ran 

 up for the seventh. Archibald Cook, Mr. Spinks^s 

 present man, trained him, and Mr. Nightingale said 

 of him : " He was a wonderful dog ; he ran the 

 truest of any dog I ever saw — true as a puppy to the 

 last.^^ Curler, his sire, was a grand dog, a great 

 worker, and of rare bottom, and, being by Jason out 

 of Rosebud, he combined Lord Stradbroke's blood 

 with the old Ayrshire. Brighton was bought from 

 a doctor at Kilbirnie, near Dalgig. The doctor was 

 leading him, and Mr. Borron had Brightness in hand, 

 when they went down to the slips to meet in the run 

 up for the Dairy St. Leger, and it was arranged that 

 the doctor should have first and second money {£70), 

 and that Mr. Borron should take Brighton. He was 

 sold at London for 50 gs., and went to Mr. Kendall 

 of Brigmerston, near Amesbury; but he was no 

 good at the stud, as he got his puppies far too fine, 

 and he became a parlour dog at last. 



The most wonderful hit that Mr. Borron ever 

 made was buying Blue Light for thirty-five pounds, 

 and old Lancashire reminiscences. He came in the 

 middle of the season, when he had run twice and won. 

 twice at Altcar, and was then sold by Beale, 

 the late Lord Sefton^s trainer, who received him as a 

 present, on account of his being worsted in his trial 

 by Senate. In his looks he was rather insignificant, 

 and weighed, like Brighton, 561bs. He was got by 

 Monsoon out of Stave, full sister to Bugle ; and like 



