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with him in the Second October ]\Ieeting (the very 

 week that Sam's Fidget Farm was sold) to Mr. Tat- 

 tersall, who bid 3500 guineas for him, on behalf of an 

 American breeder. Brother Jonathan was determined 

 to fly at high game, and have no ring-tailed roarer, 

 and hence the fame of the purchase spread so far and 

 wide through the States, that he got back a great 

 part of his purchase money in the very first season ; 

 and all attempts to redeem him at 4000 guineas for 

 England were utterly useless. 



Epsom had nothing more for the Chifneys in its 

 lucky-bag after they drew its great prize with Priam, 

 but they started two for the Derby in the following 

 year — to wit, Exile with Macdonald " up," while Sam 

 rode the Surprise filly at 4lbs. overweight. The filly 

 was equally unfortunate in the Oaks, though Sam 

 wasted 2lbs. on the evening of the Derby, in order to 

 start her on even terms with Oxygen and her other 

 lady-friends on the morrow. Will lent her to Mr. Osbal- 

 deston, when he rode his great match on the Round 

 Course against time, in the following November ; and 

 she did her four miles in 9 minutes 10 seconds — no 

 bad performance for a three-year-old over such a 

 course, and under i ist. 4lbs. EmiHana made nothing 

 out in the Derby of 1832 ; but Harry Edwards and 

 Sam were both in the Chifney green on the Derby 

 day of 1833 ; the former on Prince Llewellyn, and 

 the latter on Moorhen, whose dam (Shoveller) he had 

 just shoved in first for the Oaks some 14 years before. 

 The two brothers did not agree on this occasion about 

 their nags' forms, as Will Chifney thought very highly 

 of Prince Llewellyn, while Sam would not have it, 

 and preferred wasting down to 8st. 2lbs. for Moorhen, 

 who beat the Prince in their places. This filly had 

 the honour that autumn of giving Frank Butler his 

 first winning mount at Newmarket, in a handicap plate, 

 against a field of ten. Frank (who rode /st. 2lbs. in 

 the above race) was never in his uncles' stables, but 



