Anecdotes of Racehorses 79 



" Lizzie Lindsay," the dam of " Crowberry," while the 

 latter became the dam of " Esterling." 



Mr. Clare Vyuer was one of the very best judges of 

 racing I ever met ; he was a very close observer of what 

 took place in a race or trial, was very clever at weighing 

 in his mind all the pros and cons, without suffering 

 himself to be misled through partiality, and formed 

 very shrewd judgments. On one occasion, when " Iron- 

 stone " was competing against " Kaleidoscope " — who had 

 won the Lincolnshire Handicap — at Hampton Court he 

 said to me, " I just make out that the two horses should 

 run a dead heat at the weights, but Archer rides for me, 

 and I think he will beat Wood. I shall have a ' monkey ' 

 on." He did back "Ironstone" for £500, and Archer 

 just won by a head. 



" Ironstone " was a beautiful black horse by " The 

 Miner," but had not the very best of tempers, and he 

 was once the innocent cause of my having a very rough 

 ride indeed on Mr. Vyner's " Trespasser." This was a 

 very fine chestnut, by " Thormanby," out of " Bumble- 

 kite," who had lately been taught to jump hurdles, and 

 as he was fond of jumping, we were told to lead the 

 others in the gallop. I had never been on his back 

 before, and just as we were going to start, Viney, who 

 was then the private trainer to Mr. Vyner, rode up to 

 me and said : " You had better touch him up with the 

 spurs before you come at the first hurdle. ' Ironstone ' 

 is very shifty, and if ' Trespasser ' hesitates he will 

 swerve." We started, and, according to the directions, 

 I gave " Trespasser " a couple of digs with the spurs, but 

 the result was certainly startling ! He happened to be 

 a very free-goer, and the moment he felt the prick of the 



