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seconds in succession, when he was led out with iron 

 rods on each side. Tyler, the groom at Riddlesworth, 

 was the only man who dare go up to him, armed with 

 an immense stick ; and one unhappy day, when an- 

 other of the grooms, whom the horse especially hated, 

 was called for, all that was known about him was that 

 he had been seen going into the box. " Mercy on us /" 

 said Tyler, " he's a dead man ; that's the moan I heard 

 as I passed there, ten minutes since!' And sure enough 

 the horse was kneeling on him, and fairly wallowing 

 in his blood. Both his ears were torn off, and his side 

 was so lacerated that they declared they could see the 

 heart beat. He only lived two hours after he was got 

 away, and Mr. Thornhill settled a handsome pension 

 on his widow. Even when the horse was being 

 painted, he yapped as if he would devour both painter 

 and easel, till his head and breast were all covered 

 with foam. 



Rubens had less appearance to recommend him 

 than Castrel, and was a heavy-topped fleshy horse, of 

 sixteen hands, and only fit for a flash of speed. The 

 Prince sold him for a thousand to Lord Darlington, on 

 condition that Clift said he was sound, and the astute 

 peer not only saved the forfeits in two matches, but 

 won twelve thousand, and was offered treble the pur- 

 chase money for him. Alas ! it was always the fate 

 of George Guelph to run counter to political econo- 

 mists by buying in the dearest, and selling in the 

 cheapest market. He did not get a great amount of 

 stock in England, but Defence, Recovery, Coronation, 

 and Ascot were all out of his daughters, some of which 

 were also very successful, both as runners and breeders, 

 in the Duke of Grafton's hands, and his only son of 

 caste was the aptly-named Peter Lely. 



TheSeiims Selim was given by the Prince to 



e ims. (-qIqj^^i Leigh, when his horses were sold. 



He was full of quality, and so majestic altogether, that 



no one would have suspected him to be the workman 



