142 /;/ Scarlet and Silk 



best be remembered by tbe present generation 

 as tlie sire of The Cob, who has done Bad- 

 minton good service in long distance races 

 within the past few years, and was one of 

 the pleasantest race-horses I ever got on. 



Whilst writing of Mr. Ede, let me not 

 forget to record the sad death of the poor 

 little "Lamb." He was sold to go to 

 Germany, and whilst running in a steeple- 

 chase at, I think, Baden, he fell on ground 

 as hard as a turnpike road— be it remembered 

 that steeplechasing is a summer amusement 

 in the land of Hochs and Bocks — broke his 

 leg, and had to be destroyed. 



That wonderful horse The Doctor, who, 

 despite his being a weaver, a noisy one, a 

 crib - biter, and having a club - foot, was 

 perhaps the very best hunter in Leicester- 

 shire durina; the nine seasons Custance the 

 jockey rode him there, and was only beaten 

 by half a length for the Liverpool by The 

 Colonel (a dual winner) in 1870, when 

 receiving 6 lbs. The Colonel was a great 

 leathering horse, and perhaps one of the very 



