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rest of the horses ; for I started galloping with her 

 from the Bushes. 



As to Killigrews performance in the race, at the 

 Bushes he lay well up with the ruck, but tired going 

 down the hill, just as he did in his trial. Had he 

 waited nicely, I think, with Dulcibella out, he might 

 have Avon. But he had not every chance, I fear. For 

 one thing, he was trained, I believe, by Bennett's son, 

 a lad of eighteen or nineteen in delicate health, who 

 had just commenced business by training a few of his 

 father's horses, and that was not in his favour. Indeed, 

 I have very little doubt that he was second best in 

 the race; and but for me the Admiral would have had 

 the mortification of getting rid of another trumpery 

 selling- plater out of his string, that afterwards won 

 the Cesarewitch. I may mention, that but for Sir 

 Joseph Hawley the mare would have had 5 st. 1) lb. 

 on her, the weight the Admiral fixed ; but this he 

 altered at Sir Joseph's request, very unfairly, to 

 6 st. 11 lb. at the last minute. 'But out of evil 

 comes good.' If she had had the lighter weight on, 

 we should certainly not have been able to back her 

 on the favourable terms which we succeeded in 

 o-etting. Moreover, a lighter boy might have lost the 

 race for us; and this not at all an unlikely result — 

 for, as my readers know, this is one of the disappoint- 

 ments I most fear, having had myself such bitter 

 experience of the result of having a child and not a 

 man on a horse. 



