148 The Post and the Paddock. 



as strongly believed that he was inferior to Glenart- 

 ney. Lord Jersey sided with Robinson ; and Crock- 

 ford often used to tell, with a chuckle, how Tim fairly 

 groaned with horror when he rode up to him on the 

 Heath during the First Spring, and said — ''Holla, 

 Tiny ! if yoii see the Peer, tell him 1 have got another 

 hundred for him out of GlenartneyT The public 

 made Glenartney, who was ridden by Harry Edwards, 

 first favourite at starting, against a field of twenty-twc^ 

 (which comprised Sam in the royal livery on Winder- 

 mere, and Will Wheatley on Mr. Sadler's Defence), 

 and relieved their feelings when Jem came sailing 

 past him on Mameluke, by saying that " he cotddn't 

 have lost if the bridle had broke!' Over a short dis- 

 tance of ground, perhaps no horse of the day possessed 

 such a high turn of speed as Mameluke, and hence 

 the Chifneys knew that their only chance of winning 

 at Ascot depended on their making the running too 

 severe for him. Zinganee received lolbs. from him 

 for his year in the Cup, and the handicappers reduced 

 this difference to 4lbs. when they adjusted the 

 weights for the Garden Stakes. 



Zinganee's day was virtually over when he passed 

 out of the Chifneys' stable, and Lord Chesterfield's 

 trainer, Prince, had never any luck with him. This 

 failure was not extraordinary, as he was a delicate- 

 constitutioned animal, and although he stood the 

 strong preparation for which the Chifneys had be- 

 come so famed, he equally baffled William Edwards 

 when he became the property of the King for 2000 

 guineas. Cadland beat him a head for the Audley 

 End Stakes in the autumn of his Ascot Cup year, 

 Will Arnull having orders to force the running, a 

 mode of tactics which made his horse show temper. 

 In fact, he could never bear hurrying in his best 

 day, and never fairly waked up till he had gone 

 nearly three-quarters of a mile. An odd proof of 

 this was given in a trial he had with one of the late 



