440 'PROMISED LAND 1 AND ' DULCIBELLA.' 



pointed out that his horse tired, and that * the faster 

 they went the farther he must have been beaten.' 

 But he still thought or said otherwise, showing how 

 true it is that 



' A man convinced against his will, 

 Is of the same opinion still.' 



As it turned out, fortunately the trial had no 

 prejudicial effect on the horse's position in the market; 

 showing that Bennett, true to his own cause, had kept 

 his own counsel, and that my boys also had held their 

 tongues — but probably because, not knowing anything, 

 they had nothing to tell. When Dulcibella was intro- 

 duced into the market, Bennett became alarmed, and 

 expressed a hope that ' I would not drive his out of 

 the betting.' I assured him, as I had said before, 

 that I would do all I could for him; and Killigrew 

 remained a good firm favourite to the finish, enabling 

 him to hedge all his money ; and as he w T on £1,000 of 

 me on Dulcibella, he must have had a good race of it 

 after all — showing that by forbearance and manage- 

 ment, it is quite possible to serve conflicting interests ; 

 for we were both good winners on this event. 



The first of two other trials which took place gave 

 the following result : 



o 



Dulcibella, 3 yrs., 7 st 1 



Schism, 4 yrs., 7 st. i> lb. .... 2 

 Bevis, 4 yrs., G st. . . . .3 



Sutherland, 3 yrs., 5 st. 10 lb. . . .4 



