438 'PROMISED LAND' AND ' DULCIBELLA: 



As many curious and interesting circumstances 

 were connected with Dulcibellas trials and races, I 

 may venture to give a brief record of some of the 

 particulars. I ran her a mile at Epsom the day after 

 I took possession of her, and she was beaten as easily 

 as she had been in her former races, and had all the 

 appearance of being a bad mare. I took her home 

 and tried her with my two-year-olds — and they were 

 not good for much — three-quarters of a mile, even 

 weights, and she was again beat. But some time after 

 I found she could stay, and I ran her in public 

 three-quarters of a mile, when she was not placed. 



AVe now come to the Cesarewitch, and the trials for 

 that race of both Dulcibella and Killigrew. 



What Admiral Rous could have seen in Mr. Bennett, 

 (or ' Jack ' as he was usually called to distinguish him 

 from Dalby or Farmer Bennett), to sell him a horse 

 like Killigrew, good enough to win a Cesarewitch, was 

 to me always inexplicable ; and I thought then, as I 

 believe now, that he got rid of him because he 

 thought he was bad, like Weathergage. But Bennett 

 thought or said otherwise. He came to me about 

 Killigrew before I knew very much of Dulcibella, and 

 asked me if I would try his horse, and let him have 

 my jockey, James Adams, to ride, as he was sure to 

 have a good chance. To this I agreed, and thus it 

 was that J. Adams came to ride for him instead of 

 riding Dulcibella, as he otherwise would have done. 

 He then backed him for a lot of money ; in fact he 



