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(Mr. Panton up) was beaten by Sir H. Fetherston's 

 Surprise (owner up), but, when jockeys were substi- 

 tuted for gentlemen, Surprise was beaten by Hermit 

 on the same day and within an hour or so. It was in 

 later days that he headed the gay scenes at Brighton 

 (or Brighthelmstone) in his ' German waggon ' (as a 

 barouche was then called), drawn by six horses, and 

 with Dr. Johnson's ' fast ' young friend, Sir John 

 Lade, for coachman ; and it was in still later days 

 that he introduced the gorgeous processions and the 

 second meeting (instead of one only) at Ascot, when 

 he seemed to have racehorse on the brain, buying 

 here, there, and everywhere, whenever a horse took 

 his fancy, and of course paying through the nose at 

 any rate on paper, though the colour of his money 

 may not always have been so visible as his signature 

 for what he had afterwards to sell for a mere song, 

 and when he had a tale to tell of reckless expenditure 

 and very disproportionate success, though (chiefly in 

 the name of Mr. D. Eadcliffe) he won a considerable 

 number of races, including the Goodwood Cup with 

 Fleur-de-lis in 1829, the year before his death. He 

 won the Derby once, in 1788, with Sir Thomas (by 

 Pontac), and he won a Jockey Club Plate (w.o.) in 

 1788 with Gunpowder (bought of the notorious Mr. 

 Denis O'Kelly, owner of Eclipse). The Prince is some- 

 times said to have won the Newmarket Challenge 

 Whip with Anvil ; but Anvil won the Whip in 1783, 

 when he belonged to Mr. Parker (Lord Boringdon), 



