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Yet our intention of serving him was the same. 

 Why we should put Harry the Great in 7 lb. above 

 Lord of the Isles will seem strange, unless I explain 

 that he was tlwught to be a good horse, and we 

 wanted him beaten that the boys might see it ; and 

 this was the best way of managing it. The running 

 of Nabob deserves notice in relation to the subsequent 

 performance of Kingstown. How he could have given 

 Kingstown '2\ st. in the Trial Stakes at Salisbury and 

 a 5 lb. beating, and then the latter within a few 

 weeks run within three lengths of Lord of the Isles at 

 Newmarket for the Two Thousand, and beat him in 

 the Derby, is what I could never understand — unless 

 he, Kingstown, was not half prepared in the first 

 instance. 



So much for the trial. Now for the race itself — 

 the Two Thousand — which was one of the most inte- 

 resting on record on account of the wagering upon it, 

 which far exceeded anything I remember to have 

 heard of either before or since. Three powerful 

 stables were engaged in it, and all sanguine of 

 success, and noted for the staunchness of their 

 followers. Mr. Merry, the owner of Lord of the Isles, 

 in my hands, was a heavy bettor, who when sanguine 

 stood a very large stake. His opponents, Messrs. 

 Padwick and Hill, who had not at that time become 

 confederates, the owners respectively of the two other 

 favourites, " St. Hubert and Kingstown, also betted 

 largely, though not to the same extent. My father 



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