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named in his letter. Two years afterwards, not 

 having run in the meantime, T was surprised, when 

 at Shrewsbury, to find the horse in training, fat as a 

 pig, without a leg to stand on, and in such a con- 

 dition, as might be expected, easily beat in the only 

 race he ran in. 



Weatherbound 's trial and performance in the Cam- 

 bridgeshire deserve special mention. After Dulcibella 

 had won the Cesarewitch, on which Mr. Swindell, 

 like the rest of us, had won a good stake, having 

 done the commission, he said to me : 



' I wish you would train a mare of mine. I have 

 two in one stable at Newmarket, and I am displeased 



with , who is training them ; but, not wishing 



to injure him, I have ordered one of the two to be 

 sent to you to-night.' 



The mare was Weatherbound, and she, as is well 

 known, won the Cambridgeshire that year, though 

 Mr. Swindell did not think of racing her till the 

 following spring. Indeed, he said to me : 



' Take her home, and enter her when you like ; and 

 when you have tried her, next spring, tell me what 

 you think of her.' 



It happened, however, that Precise, a mare of mine, 

 though she ran in Mr. Parker's name, was well in 

 that year, and probably would have won the race 

 much easier than Weatherbound did, had she but kept 

 well. But, as she did not, I struck her out when all 

 chance of her running successfully was past hope. 



