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portance. Of bis own power and greatness he was 

 most favourably impressed, there can be no doubt ; 

 or the labour he so profusely bestowed on his person 

 would not have snven him such unbounded satis- 

 faction. 



Beyond racing a little, he was no sportsman. He 

 never shot anything beyond the cat, when incautiously 

 handling the deadly weapon. Kor did I ever see him 

 on the back of a horse, or hear of his fishing, except 

 ' in troubled waters.' 



Such was the man who was partner in many 

 horses with Mr. Parker, one of the acutest sportsmen 

 of his day, as I have shown. Indeed, I owe Mr. 

 Farrance a debt of gratitude, for it was through him, 

 I believe, that Mr. Parker first came to train with 

 me, when they became partners with Mr. Padwick in 

 Joe Miller, as I have related. But when I first knew 

 Mr. Farrance he was training with Mr. Hornby, 

 having then but one horse, called The Old Fox, which 

 I think won him a small race or two.- He had a half 

 share in John Bull, then a yearling, by Touchstone out 

 of Fortress, and a little mare called Traitress, by 

 Touchstone out of Deceitful. It was with these two 

 horses I first started business as a public trainer at 

 Stockbridge ; although in the preceding year I had 

 Fugitive, a horse of my own. The two used to go, 

 by permission, in Lord Walpole's name, though his 

 lordship never had any share in them, or in any other 

 that were so run that I trained. Traitress, Captain 



