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seemed likely to beat the Colonel for the Ascot Cup. 

 In fact, the royal vexation at some strictures which 

 he made about the Ascot arrangements to Lord 

 Maryborough gave birth to an exclusive aristocratic 

 clause in the Cup conditions, which prevented Priam 

 among other cracks from having a shy for it. The 

 coffin-headed Margrave won him his only St. Leger, 

 and Robinson remembers to this day his stentorian 

 roar of " I've won," almost before Jim felt sure on 

 the point himself, as he stood on the rails near the 

 Red House ; while Mendicant, after a kick, which 

 might have been heard to Leatherhead, and made 

 Sam Day think that all was over, managed to win the 

 Oaks, fetch 4000 guineas, and breed a winner of 

 the Derby. It was with Virago's sire that he led the 

 forlorn hope for Danebury in '46 ; and with his Bay 

 Middleton colts, Andover and Hermit, that he regu- 

 larly circumvented King Tom, after winning a Two 

 Thousand, on which he hardly felt sure he was right 

 to risk even an extra fifty to make stakes. Such 

 double luck at 7 1 was not to be improved ; and after 

 that he became a mere fancy bettor. He was 

 especially proud of alone holding the triple honours 

 in his hand ; but his dream of supremacy was dis- 

 pelled, when on passing through Doncaster in his 

 invalid days, the news reached him that Caller Ou 

 had at last brought I'Anson level with him. 



In his conversation, " every word weighed a pound," 

 and we never remember getting so much solid 

 guidance from any one about old times, as we did in 

 a short chat with him when a Heath afternoon was 

 over. No one could sketch old chums more deftly. 

 One audience which he gave at his Newmarket 

 lodgings was of a less satisfactory character to the 

 person concerned. A most audacious young tout was 

 standing near him as he sat on horseback, cigar in 

 mouth, and book and card in hand at the cords, and 

 hearing him offer odds against a horse, shouted to 



