2 20 Silk and Scai^let. 



reason why th$ painful word ^^ feir was afhxed to her 

 name. 



In the morning, however, Mr. O'Brien got it his own 

 way ; and as Cartwright was very anxious to ride 

 Semiseria, on whom he had been fourth in the Cam- 

 bridgeshire, Mr. Jacques consented to give Nat up. 

 His commissioner, the late Mr. Dykes, spluttered so 

 dreadfully that all the offers against her were snapped 

 up before he could get out his " I-I-Pll take youT 

 Hence he had to operate for himself ; and thinking it 

 a rare good thing, looo to 300 was the last bet he laid 

 on her. Both jockeys had orders to come through the 

 half mile ; and as neither got a pull from end to end, 

 a tremendous finish just ended in favour of the 

 Northern mare by a head. They thought her glan- 

 dered in the winter, and she was put into a box at 

 John Scott's by herself ; but it proved a false alarm, 

 and she was brought out fresh enough to run away 

 with Nat in the next Chester Cup. Mildew, her 

 second foal, was a very handsome and promising colt ; 

 and he left everything half-way in his trial at Rich- 

 mond, and beat Lady Evelyn at evens before the 

 Derby, for which Mr. Jaques stood to win 175,000/. on 

 him. Still he was only fifth to Voltigeur, and became 

 so lame after his St. Leger canter that Marlow brought 

 him back to the enclosure. 



Tiie Semi-Franc Semiseria's first foal, Semi-Franc by 

 Farce. St. Francis, was barely fourteen hands, 

 and not only ran in a big pasture all summer, but was 

 there still when Mr. Jaques went to Doncaster, ready 

 to pay forfeit for him in the North of England Produce 

 Stakes. However, when he got there, he met Lord 

 Glasgow, who asked after the little horse ; adding, 

 '' Belus is in sitch a state, that if yours is only liviftg 

 I'll giiara7itee him winniiig!' A messenger was ac 

 cordingly despatched to Easby ; and a nice job they 

 had, with lanterns, to find " the pony" on the fear- 

 fully wet evening of the Dutchman's Leger day. Pie 



