392 ZACHARIAH SIMPSON, ESQ. 



He had some successes, too, with his stud. He 

 owned Tadmore, Lacydes and Vedette. The latter he 

 bought of Lord Zetland for £3,000, at my wish ; and 

 he, like Bay Middleton, could get a good horse for 

 anyone else but his owner. Still he got marry 

 winners for us, as did Promised Land, which Mr. 

 Simpson also had. He gave Lord William Powlett 

 £1,200 for him; but he was not a success at the 

 stud, at which I was much surprised. Many people 

 thought that both he and Vedette had too many 

 mares. But though that theory may apply to the 

 former, it can scarcely be said of the latter; for 

 Vedette got the winner of the Derby, Speculum, and 

 other pretty good horses. From his stud sj)rang 

 Galopin, by Vedette out of Flying Duchess, by 

 Flying Dutchman out of Merope, winner of the 

 Derby, and one of the greatest sires of to-day ; as did 

 also Seclusion, who was bred there by Tadmore out 

 of Miss Sellon, winner of many races and afterwards 

 the dam of Hermit, winner of the Derby. Further- 

 more, it may be said that Cast Off was the dam of 

 Robert the Devil, by Promised Land out of Wa?w?ia, 

 from the Diss stud. 



Mr. Simpson, in fact, dissipated his wealth ' in a 

 boundless vanity,' as I have said, which, in his case, 

 took the form of eccentricities in the method in 

 which he would conduct one and all of the affairs he 

 was engaged in. Everything he undertook he did 

 badly. His breeding establishment was one of the 



