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off after the race for the Durdans Stakes, betting 

 began anew, and left off with 6 to 5 on The 

 Colonel. Cadland made the pace to the chains, 

 when The Colonel got up, but in spite of a tremen- 

 dous finish was beaten by half a length. No third 

 horse was placed by the judge. This was followed 

 some years after by a repetition in my eager hear- 

 ing of the story of Plenipotentiary's race, called 

 for brevity ' Plenipo,' also by Bay Middleton, one 

 of the best horses Lord Jersey ever bred. The 

 Chifneys declared him to be a 15 lb. better horse than 

 ever Priam had been. He won in a canter by a 

 couple of lengths. The recital of these famous 

 victories naturally inspired me with a great desire 

 to see this national event. In the year 1837 I had 

 heard of the exciting race, when the great favourite, 

 great in size as well as fame, Caravan — the son of 

 Camel — was beaten by Lord Berners' Phosphorus. 

 It is stated that the trainer of the latter told his lord- 

 ship, some days before the race, that the horse was 

 lame and unfit to run ; but Lord Berners, who was 

 one of the most honourable men on the turf, de- 

 clared that the public had backed the horse, and 

 that he should run, 'if only on three legs.' It was 

 related by those who saw the start, that Phosphorus 

 was quite lame, but before reaching Tattenham 

 Corner he was running perfectly sound, and despite 

 of all the efforts of the rider of Caravan, he was 

 cleverly beaten. His owner. Lord Suffield, lost a 

 large sum of money on the race, and his estates 

 became encumbered for many a long year after- 



