238 Life and Times of " The Druid." 



Meeting, where he won three Steeplechases 

 in one day. Butterfly was one of his earliest 

 winners in England, while his colours were 

 successfully carried also by Black Diamond, 

 Potentate, and Bellona. Oi these, Potentate 

 ran till he was about fourteen years old, and 

 won forty-two races out of ninety-nine starts 

 — a feat ranking him with those everlasting 

 geldings, Zohrab, Isaac, Naworth, Radul- 

 phus, and Clothworker. From 1838 to 

 1840 the Eglinton stud became a great 

 fact, the two best horses being St. Bennett 

 and St. Martin, who would have won much 

 more frequently had not Lanercost per- 

 petually stopped the way. The former of 

 these Saints commenced well by winning the 

 Northumberland Plate in 1838 and 1839, 

 and one of Lord Eglinton's most dashing 

 victories with this horse was in the Liver- 

 pool Cup of 1838, when Harkaway first 

 carried the white jacket and black cap of 

 Mr. Thomas Ferguson on an English race- 

 course. His adherents crossed the Irish 

 Channel, big with the belief that no English 

 nag could live with him; but 15 lb. to St. 

 Bennett was beyond his powers, and he 

 was cleverly defeated by a neck. 



