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polished than himself. Yet I suppose the fault was not 

 due to want of education, for their parents possessed two 

 or three freehold estates of five or six hundred acres each 

 in the neighbourhood. Mr. Kalph Etwall, it would appear, 

 soon ran through his property, as a consequence of the 

 cost of his election contests ; for in those days the Liberals 

 stopped at few things to secure a seat. He was fond of 

 field-sports, and kept an extensive establishment, which 

 in itself was ' more than his faint means would grant 

 continuance.' Yet he hunted, raced, and coursed, and 

 managed to do all three for more than fifteen years a 

 result due, I believe, to his success in racing rather than 

 to anything else. 



He commenced racing in 1832, and continued with 

 varied success until about 1849. His earliest horses 

 were Caleb, Goldfringe, Maid of Underly, and Revenge, 

 amongst others ; and later on he had Hill Coolie, Thistle 

 Whipper, Rustic, Auburn, Palladium, Passion, Discord, 

 and the last Ira. The following races were placed to his 

 credit by Thistle Whipper: the Champagne Stakes at 

 Bibury ; Two-year-old Stakes at Stockbridge ; a, Sweep- 

 stakes of 50 sovs., half ft., at Newmarket Houghton 

 meeting ; and the horse also ran second for the Criterion 

 Stakes at Newmarket. Revenge won him 80 and 20 at 

 Bibury ; 60 at Stockbridge ; the King's Purse, 45 and 

 65 at Winchester ; the King's Purse, 180 and 90 at 

 Salisbury ; and the Warwick Cup and 30 at Abingdon. 



I do not know that his love of coursing proved very 

 costly, for though he kept a large kennel, he kept it with 

 fair success. I don't think he ever won the coursing 

 blue ribbon, the Waterloo Cup at Altcar. He was, indeed, 

 best known in the south, at Everley, Amesbury, and 

 Ashdown Park, at which meetings most of the best 

 trophies fell to his share. 



