254 MR. SWINDELL. 



Chanticleer that day, and the murder was out. Chanti- 

 cleer in a few minutes returned to favouritism, backed 

 by his detractors for anything they could get ; but 

 even so, they lost a large stake through his winning. 

 After this, as was only natural, Mr. Swindell's 

 services were eagerly sought by those who thought 

 they knew what they were about ; and he gained a 

 position that he never lost, and the reputation for 

 shrewdness and reticence which followed him to his 

 grave. He then, after the manner of his predecessors 

 and contemporaries, took to keeping horses of his 

 own, having a few in different stables, so that he 

 miffht obtain information in what he would call a 



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straight way and at the proper time, which was just 

 before the race itself. He owned several good horses. 

 Sawcutter, which he sold to Mr. Naylor, of Hooton, 

 for whom he won the City and -Suburban. Amongst 

 others, he had Wallace and Minotaur, and the Truth 

 gelding, which — trained, I think, by Mr. Matthew 

 Dawson — as a four-year-old, with 5 st. 12 lb. on him, 

 was beat a head for the Cesarewitch ; Tomahawk, 

 winner of the Lincoln Handicap ; Cecil, trained by his 

 Epsom trainer, besides many more trained by William 

 Treen, myself and others. Wallace and Weather- 

 bound were his two best. In late years he had several 

 horses trained in stables that I never heard of until 

 he told me. Somersault, a good horse, broke down 

 with me, and I wished him to take him out of training. 

 Mr. Swindell requested me to send him to a place 



