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Exeter, it is rather a remarkable coincidence, that his 

 lordship refused to purchase him as a two-year-old. 

 Mr. Herring had been at Tupgill, painting that por- 

 trait of Beeswing which Mr. Orde never lived to see, 

 and was so much struck with his smart look and his 

 light, nice style of going, that he called on Lord 

 Exeter the first moment he could on his return to 

 London, and told him that there was a St. Leger colt 

 which was exactly his style. His lordship replied 

 that he had so many horses at present that he was a 

 seller rather than a buyer ; and as Harry Hill did not 

 care to give twelve hundred on the outside chance, 

 Captain Wrather was induced to hold on, Gameboy 

 was small, and full of quality ; but his thoroughbreds 

 were too often weeds, and his half-breds giants. A 

 great many of them were also pigeon-toed, which 

 was always the Tomboy fault. Tomboy himself 

 was at one time quite invincible at Doncaster ; but 

 the St. Leger honours, which were denied to his son 

 Fancyboy, fell nine years latter on his grandson 

 Saucebox. 

 The Story of When his dam, Priscilla Tomboy, died, 

 Saucebox, t^jg ij^tlc fcllow had his milk from a tea- 

 pot, and if William Stebbings had not, more from a 

 mere whim than anything else, told his brother Harry 

 (who died before the race), that he might, if he liked, 

 put in two more in his name, the day would have been 

 Rifleman's. Although he was only fourteen-two, and 

 had been beaten seven times, Mr. Parr got smitten 

 with that beautiful dish-nose head and muscular back, 

 and bid 150/. for him at Reading. This was fifty 

 short of his figure, and mite as he was, he pulled off 

 three races, and came up to Tattersall's in the winter 

 with the rest of Josh Arnold's stud. Mr. Parr still felt 

 a sneaking fondness for him, and told a friend to " buy 

 "^ne Saucebox, for a himdred if y 01c can!^ However, that 

 energetic proxy went nodding on, till he got him for 

 155 guineas, and the Benhams air agreed with him so 



