78 THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



entered in till they win, or the entries are exhausted. 

 The success of Uncle Smallman and Nephew Sam had 

 become so pronounced by the year 1802 as to attract 

 the attention of the Prince of Wales, who at once en- 

 erafjed Mr. Smallman as his trainer, and with him to 

 Albury Grange, near Windsor, went Sam for a month 

 or two, in order to try his hand in the colours of the 

 Prince, which were ' purple jacket with scarlet sleeves 

 and gold braid buttons, and black cap with gold 

 tassel.' His Hrst ettbrt in His Royal Highness's livery 

 on the Fidget colt was an unsuccessful one ; but for 

 all that Sam was delighted with his mount, and always 

 dated the real beginning of his career as a jockey from 

 that time. Chifney returned to Newmarket to take a 

 position in the stables of Mr. Perren, and his brother 

 Will succeeded him at Albury Grange. 



The senior Chifney, as has already been mentioned, 

 was still retained by the Prince, and had most of his 

 riding- work entrusted to him ; but mounts were soon 

 found for young Sam among some of Mr. Perren's 

 patrons, to whom his riding gave great satisfaction. 

 The Prince of Wales, it may be observed, had broken 

 up his establishment at Albury Grange, and sent on 

 his horses to Perren's stable at Newmarket. For the 

 affair already alluded to, in which Will Chifney in- 

 tiicted personal chastisement on one of the Prince's 

 gentlemen - in - w'aiting, he was sentenced to six 

 months' imprisonment, which was an unfortunate cir- 

 cumstance for the family, as the royal patronage was 

 at length withdrawn, and some of the patricians of 

 the turf, headed by the Duke of Grafton, withdrew 

 their patronage from Sam, which was rather hard on 



