1 40 Sick and Scarlet, 



to be under a spell, and could not go the pace any part 

 of the way. Fortune was never harder on one of her 

 colts. He was called " Scott's chestnut crack" all the 

 spring, and he stood up to be knocked down at the 

 Surrey Union Kennels early in the autumn. 



Launcelot, who was a most desperate horse to hold, 

 even in a 31b. bridle, beat Maroon when their Derby 

 measure was taken in the March of '40 ; but the order 

 was reversed at Pigburn, in the autumn, and even the 

 ploughed gallop that year could not avail his legs, 

 which went sadly groggy after Epsom. Seven or 

 eight were in the Cotherstone trial, in which Bill con- 

 tented himself with being third, and sent Nat, who 

 won on Greatheart, back with the firm persuasion that 

 Bretby was to have the Derby at last. Satirist was 

 also beaten very far in his spring trial, simply because 

 he could not help it ; but Van Amburgh from the 

 same stable ran a fine winning race home with Marshal 

 Soult ; and Bill, on the Duke of Wellington, whom he 

 had for once in his life fancied wrongly, could not stay, 

 even in that weak company. It was all too that 

 Lanercost could do, to get rid of Marshal Soult when 

 they were galloped in their clothes at home before the 

 Chester Cup ; but the old brown waked up under 

 Templeman's hand, and ran in a lolb. better form 

 when the flag went down. Here, too, West Australian 

 deceived them in his first trial, and then showed them 

 through Longbow that Pelion could not win the Derby 

 at 7st. I2lbs. ; while Daniel O'Rourke showed his back 

 to the eternal Backbiter ; and Imperieuse strode away 

 from Warlock at evens. 

 Charles XII ^^ ^^^ ^^ Pigbum tHals none ever 



versus excccdcd in severity the one between 

 Hetman Piatofif. Hctman Platoff and Charles XH. A 

 bad sand-crack which had stopped Charles for a day 

 or two, and proved one of Jacob's greatest farriery 

 triumphs, gave the more compact Hetman slightly the 

 pull in point of condition. For two miles on a sound 



