TRIAL OF ' KILLIGREW: 439 



bad on him more than he wanted, believing that, if 

 nothing else, he was sure to have good hedging when 

 the weights appeared. Soon after, he brought the 

 horse for the trial. He had only his son with him, 

 in order that no one at my place should know what 

 the horse was. We tried the next day, and the follow- 

 ing is the result : 



Bevis, 4 yrs., 6 st. . . . . .1 



Schism, 4 yrs., 7 st. 5 lb. . . . .2 



Killiyrew, 4 yrs., 6 st. 12 lb. . . .3 



Won by half a length ; two lengths between second 

 and third. From this I was certain the horse would 

 have no chance to beat Didcibella, knowing then more 

 of her than I had known a few weeks before : though, 

 at the time, her name was not mentioned in con- 

 nection with the race. 



I think I never saw a man so ' cut up ' or so 

 thoroughly beat as Bennett was after the trial. He 

 hung down his head like a carter's whip. He said it 

 would be impossible for him to meet his engagements 

 if he could not hedge his money, or did not win. But 

 I did not take this despairing view of the matter. 



' If you will only keep your own counsel,' I said, 

 ' you may do anything ; and I will do all I can to 

 assist you out of a difficulty, which, after all, may be 

 more seeming than real.' 



Bennett accounted for the defeat of his horse by 

 alleging that 'the pace was not fast enough.' But 

 I tried to convince him this was not so, as I 



