422 'PROMISED LAND' AND ' DULCIBELLA.' 



to look over his stud as well as enjoy his society. I 

 had bought of him as a yearling Glee Singer, by 

 Pyrrltus the First out of Glee, and he had won a race 

 or two for me, or I should say for Lord Ribblesdale, to 

 whom I sold him. The following year I bought his 

 half-brother, afterwards well named Happy Land, by 

 Jericho out of Glee, for £300, which I also sold to 

 Lord Ribblesdale, after he had been tried, for £1,000 

 and half of his winnings ; and he won for his lord- 

 ship at Salisbury the two best two-year-old stakes the 

 following week, and so re-couped him the outlay for 

 the purchase in bets alone on that occasion. He won 

 many other races, and finished the year by carrying 

 off the Criterion, beating nineteen others, the largest 

 field I ever saw run for it, being the only one 

 penalized for former victories. In short, he won as 

 a two and three-year-old, in stakes alone, £2,585. 



Before this I had not been able to resist the tempta- 

 tion to go and see his own brother, notwithstanding 

 that the prohibitory price of £1,000 was asked for 

 him. On reaching Mr. Robinson's, after a hearty 

 luncheon we went to see the horse, Promised Land, as 

 he was afterwards called, and I thought him the best 

 yearling I ever saw, except Grosvenor and Surplice. 

 I offered Mr. Robinson £700 for him, then and there. 



' I would rather,' he replied, ' you should take him 

 home and train him for me than I would take one 

 shilling less than my price.' 



I told him his faults, in my opinion ; which were 



