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Stewards* Cup at Goodwood, and second in the 

 Houghton Handicap at Newmarket ; in 1867 

 he won jfive races, including the Chichester 

 Stakes at Goodwood and a Match for £s^^ 

 against The Earl, the third day of the Newmarket 

 Houghton Meeting. The Earl came from the 

 powerful Danebury stable, where also Lady 

 Elizabeth was trained. Xi had to give The 

 Earl 23 lb., and beat him a head over six 

 furlongs. The information we thus gleaned was 

 invaluable. 



Sir Joseph used to let Wells and me ** stand 

 in ** with him over some of his Matches. I 

 remember when the one for ;^5oo between Blue 

 Gown and Friponnier was about to be decided 

 he asked me how much of the Stake I would 

 like to have, and I said £2§, ** You had better 

 have a hundred," said Sir Joseph. " It*s a 

 good thing, you know.'* I agreed to take ;^ioo. 

 Then he turned to Wells and said, " What do 

 you want ? '* With characteristic audacity Wells 

 replied : " The remainder, please ! ** " And 

 what am I to have ? '' asked Sir Joseph. ** Oh! " 

 said the jockey, ** the honour and glory will be 

 yours, sir.*' Sir Joseph took this badinage in 

 good part and, I believe, allowed Wells also to 

 have a ;^ioo share in the Match. 



Before going to the Newmarket Second 

 October Meeting that year (1867) wc tried our 



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