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anything questionable that even the scurrilous Pigott 

 observes, ' We do not believe the mines of Peru could 

 seduce this nobleman to commit a dishonourable act.' 

 He maintained for many years upon the Turf the 

 prestige of the family which owned (but did not breed) 

 the famous * Devonshire ' or ' Flying ' Childers. He 

 won the Two Thousand with Nectar in 1816, the One 

 Thousand with Young Mouse in 1829, and the Ascot 

 Cup with Bizarre in 1824 and 1825. He bred and 

 owned Competitor (foaled 1786), the 'last of the 

 Eclipses ' that was named and ran (Horizon, foaled 

 1772, having been the first), and started him un- 

 successfully for the Derby of 1789. Competitor died 

 in 1816 ; Lord G. H. Cavendish about a quarter of a 

 century later, at a very great age. 



LORD CHESTERFIELD is a title covering two per- 

 sonages, one of them already dealt with (and abused 

 by ' Louse ' Pigott) ; the other, the sixth Earl (son of 

 Pigott's, who was the fifth), who was born in 1805, 

 succeeded in 1815, received forfeit in 1831 with the 

 famous Priam for the Jockey Club Challenge Cup, won 

 the Eclipse Foot (for members of the Jockey Club only) 

 in 1834, and was a heavy bettor as well as a great 

 racer. A long minority had secured to him a vast 

 income when he came of age in 1826, and he at once 

 proceeded to expend a considerable part of it upon a 

 stud of racehorses. He had some notable successes. 

 He won the Ascot Cup with Zinganee in 1829, and 

 with Glaucus in 1834 ; the Goodwood Cup in 1831 



