66 LORD GEORGE BENTINCK 



1835 or 1836, under favourable circumstances. In the 

 latter year he won his first Leger with Elis, trained at 

 Newmarket by Mr. John Doe, and ridden by my father. 

 The following successful horses were trained at Dane- 

 bury : Venison, who won for him twelve races out of the 

 fourteen he ran for as a three-year-old, feats of endurance 

 little less than some of the horses trained by Mr. T. Parr 

 himself were called upon to undergo. He was only beat 

 by Bay Middleton for the Derby, and by the five-year-old 

 Touchstone for the Doncaster Cup. Drummer, Chateau 

 d'Espagne, and Foozool were other horses that ran, and 

 each was a winner. With a stud increased to nine, in 



1836 five of his horses carried his colours to victory. In 

 1838 Grey Momus won him the Two Thousand, the 

 Ascot Cup, and five other races ; Chateau d'Espagne the 

 300 sov. Sweepstakes, at Goodwood (Queen's Plate 

 course); whilst Foozool, Seth, Mulberry Wine, and 

 Ratsbane were all winners. For several years success 

 followed success, for we find his lordship with Crucifix 

 winning seven of the best two -year -old races, and 

 dividing the eighth, the Criterion Stakes, with General 

 Yates's Gibraltar, after running a dead heat. Grey 

 Momus followed his success of the previous year by 

 winning the Post Stakes. Capote, Sal Volatile, and 

 D'Egville were also winners. Grey Milton ran in two 

 raees, which were won by his lordship's other horses. 

 Dormouse was the only horse that ran once and was 

 beat; but with this exception every other horse was 

 either a winner or was only beaten in races in which the 

 winner was some other horse in the same interest. 



Such luck year after year seems almost incredible, and 

 too good to last. Yet the following year may almost be 

 said to have eclipsed its predecessor. The Two Thousand, 

 One Thousand, and the Oaks fell to Crucifix, making 



