198 MR. FARRANCE. 



Kennedy afterwards bought, and with her I won him 

 two small races at Portsmouth. 



Mr. Farrance bought Flora Mclvor, own sister to 

 Joe Miller, a year older; but she proved good for 

 nothing, and we sold her. xVfterwards she ran at 

 Brighton, and was a great favourite, and thought to 

 be very good; but ran just the reverse, and we had 

 no cause to regret then or after parting with her. He 

 had also a great fine chestnut mare called Maley, 

 about sixteen hands high, and strong in proportion, 

 that could not get over half a mile on the flat; and 

 we sold her, too, for a small sum. A year or two 

 later I went to Shrewsbury, and heard that Maley 

 was sure to win the Two Mile Steeplechase, being 

 then first favourite. It suddenly occurred to me that 

 this might be the mare I had sold, and I felt con- 

 vinced, if it was, she could not have much chance of 

 winning over a long course in deep ground, though 

 welter weights might suit her. Staying at the same 

 place, I saw her returning 'from exercise the day 

 before the race looking very well; but could not bring 

 my mind to think she could be made to stay such a 

 course. In the result she was beat, but ran much 

 better than I expected to see her, being, if I remember 

 rightly, a moderate third. 



This result proved to me, then, a curious fact 

 which every day more fully confirms, and that is, that 

 speedy horses will stay in deep ground over a steeple- 

 chase course as well as, or better than, slow game 



