45 o MR. THOMAS ROBINSON. 



condition, but no man could or did do his yearlings 

 better, and very few ever looked so well. Indeed, in 

 my pretty frequent visits to him, I learned several 

 valuable things in connection with both breeding and 

 racing. 



I had many dealings with him, and specially in 

 purchasing the horses in which we had a joint interest. 

 No man could have behaved in a fairer or more 

 pleasant way than he did to me, or have placed more 

 confidence in everything that I did. He usually 

 stood a pony, or at most fifty pounds, when we 

 backed anything of our own, except, of course, in a 

 big event, when he would invest a little more. After 

 Dulcibellds Cesarewitch we had a few other good- 

 looking horses together. Bugler, by Young Trum- 

 peter, was the best. In 1872 he won the Blankney 

 and Brownley Nursery Stakes at Lincoln, carrying 

 in the latter 14 lb. extra, and beating Chandos and 

 several others. He also won the Carnival Nursery 

 at Shrewsbury, and afterwards ran there third to 

 Queens Proctor, 7 st. 2 lb., and Lord Wilton's colt 

 by Beadsman out of Sandal, 7 st. 61b., our horse 

 carrying 9 st. 12 lb. In this race he looked all over 

 a winner, till he tired the last few strides in the wet 

 ground. Mr. Fitz Oldaker, after this, offered us 

 l!2,000 for him. But we did not sell, and this was a 

 mistake ; for although he won us two or three little 

 races in the spring of the following year, we then 

 sold him for much less. Little Tom, out of Margaret, 



