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the increasing progen}" of the ewe. The money thus 

 obtained was well spent ; it enabled Mr. Read to put 

 one of liis mares to a stallion from Hampton Court, 

 the produce being a fdly named Lucy, which won at 

 Hambleton in 173G, beating a large field, and in the 

 following year, being taken by Singleton to Morpeth, 

 she won again. On this journey of 120 miles, which 

 the jockey undertook with only 10s. in his pockc:: to 

 meet expenses by the wa}', he played the part of 

 trainer, groom, and jockey in the fiishion of the 

 period. 



Being successful at Morpeth, he went to Stockton 

 and Sunderland, winning at both places, and so earned 

 some money for his master, and not a little reputation 

 for himself. A filly bred by Singleton having attracted 

 the attention of the Marquis of Rockingham, was 

 bought by that nobleman, who at the same time 

 engaged Singleton as groom and jockey at the then 

 very liberal wages of £40 a year and certain clothes. 

 Singleton had to leave Grimsthorpe without payment 

 of his wages. As a matter of fact, he never had been 

 paid any money during his service ; but he received a 

 bond for the amount, which he afterwards burned, 

 Mr. Read havinof had no success in horse-breedimT: 

 after Sintjleton left him. On the other hand, the 

 jockey not only succeeded after leaving Mr. Read's 

 service, but had succeeded so well even before leaving 

 him that he had become a landed proprietor, and at 

 that date owned an estate near the place where his 

 early days of poverty had been passed ; namely, in 

 the township of Great Givendale. The money with 

 which the land was bought had been earned by Single 



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