A REMINISCENCE OF THE OLD DUKE 251 



Duke of Cleveland. He had, as they say in Yorkshire, 

 " money for ever," and so did nearly as he pleased on 

 the turf.' 



This command of unlimited means apparently led his 

 grace to become one of the earliest magnates of the sport 

 to pay big prices for racehorses. It is said, as a matter 

 of considerable interest, that he had given as much as 

 3,675 for two horses, Trustee and Liverpool; and the 

 same authority tells us that, at a subsequent period, he 

 had paid for four racehorses Swiss, Sivab, Barefoot, and 

 Memnon the large sum of 12,000, which, though 

 dwarfed by comparison with the prices paid in recent 

 years, was, I need hardly say, an enormous sum in those 

 days. His grace had an extensive stable, and amongst 

 his notable horses, other than those above enumerated, 

 were Pavilion, with which in 1806 he made the great 

 match at Newmarket against Sancho, the property of 

 the celebrated Colonel Hellish ; Emancipation, by 

 Whisker; Muley Moloch; and last, but not least, 

 Chorister, the winner of the St. Leger in 1831. 



My own knowledge of ' the old Duke's ' proceedings on 

 the turf is confined to an incident in connection with the 

 last-named event the victory of Chorister in the St. 

 Leger. My father rode for him on the occasion, and it 

 is not unlikely that the success was in a measure due to 

 his jockey ship. At all events, not only was the noble 

 owner highly pleased at the result, but the Duchess also 

 showed her appreciation of my father's services in a very 

 charming way. I can just remember her as a tall, 

 handsome lady, whose appearance is impressed on my 

 memory by the remarkable simplicity of her dress. That 

 she took more than an ordinary interest in the race was 

 shown by her action in presenting my second brother 

 with a memento of it in the shape of a handsome gold 



