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not the only horse that had been sold ; and, like many 

 others that are sold, he never won a race afterwards. 



In I860, I had another deal with his lordship. I 

 disposed of my string at Bath races, having more 

 horses than I wanted ; and wishing - to sell many 

 of them, put small reserves on most of the lot. I 

 may mention that amongst those that went for his 

 moderate reserve figure of 100 guineas, was one of 

 the yearlings I bred, the colt by Flatcatcher out of 

 Rather High. He was bought by Sir William Cod- 

 rington, was returned to my stables, and was after- 

 wards called ' Catch 'em Alive. 1 



This by the way. To go on with my story. I had 

 put a reserve of 3,000 guineas on Promised Land, and 

 1,500 guineas on Tradueer. Lord William had pur- 

 chased the latter at his reserve, and had bid £2,500 for 

 Promised Land, as Messrs. Tattersall told me after the 

 sale. The next day I saw his lordship, and said : 



' I should like you to have the .Land; he stays well, 

 and is just the horse that would suit your lordship.' 



His excuse was, that he had not got the money to 

 spare. This difficulty was met and overcome by my 

 saying I would trust him. But this would not induce 

 him to purchase ; lor he afterwards said he had too 

 many horses, and if I would take back Traducer, he 

 would have the Land at the price. To this I could 

 not agree, having only a half-share in the animal; 

 and for the time the matter ended, the horse returning 

 to Woodyates with the rest that remained unsold. 



