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Czsarewitch and the Cambridgeshire, in both of which he was 
bound to bein at a light weight from his previous running in 
other hands. He never ran in public whilst with me. He 
was, however, unfortunately entered in the Leamington 
Stakes at Warwick, at 5 st. 7 lbs., and was ordered to 
be sent there. When he arrived, the owner informed me 
that some one had forestalled him in the market, to which 
I replied, “At your own request the horse has not been 
trained. Why, therefore, do you want to back him, or 
even run him? Why not keep him for his two races in the 
autumn at Newmarket, as previously arranged?” The horse, 
after being kept wavering in the market to the very last 
minute, was struck out, and then his owner said to me, “I 
have backed Petra for £2,00v, or rather I stand it in the 
stable commission ;’ and forthwith, without a word of ex- 
planation, then or since, ordered me to give Romulus up to 
the trainer of Petra. I may, perhaps, add that Petra was the 
first animal beaten, or was so to all appearance, pulling up 
long before the winning-post was reached, and that Romulus 
died a maiden. He was a very sound horse, although I heard 
he afterwards broke down in his new trainer’s hands; but be 
that as it may, he never won a race whilst in them, and his 
owner soon afterwards retired from the turf. 
It is such conduct as here has been illustrated that brings 
obloquy upon trainers and jockeys. Yet there appears to be 
some fatality attending the fortunes of those who stray from 
the path of strict honour; for in no one case can I call to 
mind any one who derived permanent benefit from such 
graceless acts. 
As to the effects upon innocent trainers and jockeys, two 
cases may be cited in illustration from bygone days. Mr. 
Chifney—certainly the most accomplished, and probably the 
