TRAINERS WITHOUT TRAINING. 



unlucky in the sense that had the prize fallen to 

 him, it would have added greatly to the other trophies 

 already adorning his splendid sideboard. Again, he 

 was unfortunate with Queen Bess in the Cesarewitch ; 

 for after running; a dead-heat with El Hakim and 

 Prioress, she was beat in the deciding heat, over 

 which he lost a good stake. Other horses did Saxon 

 good service, amongst them Mary, Tom Thumb, 

 Ancient Briton, Lady Hereford, and Princess Royal. 

 It will be seen that, like Mr. Barber, he showed him- 

 self in the naming of his horses devotedly attached 

 to the Crown, and remained to the last an enthusiastic 

 admirer of Royalty. He made a mistake in running 

 Misty Morn in a selling race at Chester, where he was 

 claimed. On another occasion, in a selling race at 

 Bath, I claimed Truant, the last in the race, of him 

 for £50 ; and ran him twice at Newmarket, winning 

 both times. He was claimed in the last race by Mr. 

 Munday, and from him passed into the hands of Mr. 

 Hodgman, without winning a race for either of them. 

 But as they sold few, the mistakes made by the confed- 

 erates in this way were not so numerous as in running 

 their horses unfit, by which they lost their money. 



In the year 1861, in winning the Oaks with Brown 

 Duchess, they reached the zenith of their fortune, 

 and, like Brutus, were ' ready to decline.' For 

 though subsequently they ran horses with varied 

 success, both in quantity and quality, their stud 

 dwindled down till 1870, the last year in which I see 



