T 20 Silk and Scarlet. 



start for the Chesterfield. Lord George was himself 

 the cause of his losing the match on Ugly Buck against 

 Minotaur, as he stationed himself at the Bushes, and 

 called out " A tJiotisand to one on Ugly Buck!' This 

 made John come on too soon, and the result was he 

 won his race at seventy yards, and lost it at twenty ; 

 Jim Robinson, as usual, coming with one of his 

 stealthy rushes on Minotaur, when every one thought 

 he was beaten. For the Old England race with 

 Prologue and Plaudit, all Jim's finesse was of no avail, 

 and as he laughingly observed to John, when they 

 went to scale, " / doit knoiu zv hick gammoned best, you 

 or the horsey The performance was as fine as his 

 brother Alfred's when he was beat three times within 

 the distance on Vivandiere, for the Yorkshire Oaks, or 

 when, as Argus ysr^ said, *' The Heath fairly rose at 

 him," when he finished for the One Thousand on the 

 Flea. 



Charles Mariow. , ^^^^^^ },^^s ^ Y.ery nice, but not per- 

 haps a brilliant horseman, with good 

 hands, very patient, and a most resolute mode of 

 riding them out. " A race is never won till you're 

 past the post," was his invariable motto ; and hence 

 he always persevered while there was an ounce of 

 squeezing powder left. Few but him could have 

 brought home the Knight of Avenel in the Port, or 

 landed Elthiron and Phlegethon at Ascot. Still, his 

 style, like his seat, was not firm and close ; and his 

 set-to was so high, that he often seemed to have the 

 horse's head as well as his own in his hands. 



Conoiiy and Conolly and Pavis had both immense 

 Pavis. practice, both being able to ride under 

 7st. 81bs., but they were not quite first-class. 

 Conolly was superior to his brother-in-law, sweet- 

 tempered, and a cool steady hand, powerful, and so 

 far a safe rider that he would never throw away a 

 race from trying slight experiments. In style gene- 

 rally we have often heard trainers compare him to 



