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He started ten or eleven times, and won seven steeplechases, 

 beating the choicest horses in England or from Ireland. 

 He must have been an extraordinary fast as well as stout 

 horse, and good fencer, for on the flat (the turf as it was 

 then called) he started twenty-three times and won fourteen 

 races, beating thirty-six horses. He broke down in October, 

 1837, when in training for the Hurdle Eaee at Liverpool ; 

 and we fancy that an account of his last days, which were 

 spent in light work, was given in the Field a few years 

 back. 



About the year 1865 there was a flat race meeting got 

 up by Lord Willoughby at Poolfields. It was held in the 

 big field beyond the Osiers. The race was won by Mr. 

 Wilson's Starlight, ridden by Mr. E. P. Wilson, the great 

 jockey. Lord Willoughby, who was giving away some 

 weight, was second on Brown Holland, who ran second to 

 Mr. Kemys-T}Tite's mare in the Christ Church Gfrind. 

 There w^as a match between Mr. Spencer Lucy and the 

 Hon. W. H. J. North, which excited some interest and 

 amusement. There would no doubt have been a close 

 finish if more attention had been paid to the saddling of 

 Mr North's horse, for at the turn it turned in such a way 

 that it became impossible even for the most skilled horse- 

 man to keep his seat. 



The following year the races were held again over a 

 steeplechase course round Hill Field. The principal race 

 was again won by Mr. E. P. Wilson on Starlight ; the same 

 mare, ridden by Lord Willoughby, being second. Sir Charles 

 Mordaunt, Mr. John Mordaunt, and several others rode. 

 It was rather a nice fair course. The Farmers' Eace did not 

 fill, but was claimed by the late Mr. John Grriffin, who 

 refused to leave the scales and demanded to be weighed. 

 He at last compromised by saying he would come out if 

 his landlord w^ould take him by the hand and ask him 

 to do so. 



There was afterwards a pony race. 



The races were afterwards transferred to Kineton, Lord 

 Somervile winning the gentlemen's race, Mr. John 



