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Earls Ferrers (one of whom, not a member of the 

 Jockey Club, came to be hanged). Mr. Shirley, or 

 Captain Shirley (as he is sometimes called), was a 

 great 'gentleman-jockey,' and won at Newmarket a 

 match in 1764 (on his horse Komeo) against Mr. 

 Blake (on his horse Babram) over the B.C., in April, 

 and at the same meeting another match (again on his 

 own horse Eomeo) against Mr. Payne (on his own 

 horse Heart-of-Oak), five times over the E.G. (more 

 than 15 miles). As, however, he evidently had bro- 

 thers or near relations (of whom the Hon. George 

 Shirley ran Papist for a Jockey Club Plate in 1775, 

 and must therefore have been a member of the Club) 

 running horses at the same time, it is a little difficult 

 sometimes to discriminate between them. But he 

 was certainly a notable patron of the Turf and mem- 

 ber of the Jockey Club. 



Mr. SKEYHSHEE, v. SKEYMSHIBE or SCEYMSHEE, and 

 BOOTHBY, for the orthography of this name is very 

 various. 



Mr. W. SMITH (a notoriously difficult patronymic 

 to deal with) is he who subscribed to the Jockey Club 

 ' Eesolutions ' of 1771, and was undoubtedly a General 

 Smith (he, no doubt, who was known as * India- 

 General Smith,' and is frequently met with in ' Han- 

 sard's Debates,' as he was a prominent M.P.). He is 

 reported to have secured ' loot ' to the handsome 

 amount of 150,OOOL during his service in India. 

 According to ' Louse ' Pigott (himself, as will appear 



