A DISGUSTED OWNER. 177 



Mr. Dalton after this never kept another racehorse- 

 But why he should have left the turf, I am at a loss 

 to conceive. For, notwithstanding his many disap- 

 pointments with Bird on the Wing as a two-year-old, 

 and her defeat after she came into my hands, the next 

 year, in two good races like the Oaks and the York- 

 shire Oaks, his career was successful. But perhaps, 

 like myself, he was disgusted with the performances 

 of the fashionable jockey, as set forth in these 

 revelations. 



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