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two-year-olds, five yearlings, and four foals, fetched a 

 little less than 9,000 guineas, though Camarine and 

 Lucetta were among them. Horseflesh was com- 

 paratively cheap in those days ; or there were no 

 Colonels North and Barons Hirsch and Messrs. Blun- 

 dell Maple to pour out money like water. 



Of the Messieurs who can be proved to have been 

 members of the Jockey Club, Mr. Stanlake Batson 

 ran his bay mare Luss for a Jockey Club Plate in 

 1822 ; Mr. (or Captain) Bertie is he who ran Hugh 

 Capet (or Capnt) for a Jockey Club Plate in 1780 ; Mr. 

 Bullock ran Messenger for a Jockey Club Plate in 1784 ; 

 Mr. Cookson won a Jockey Club Plate in 1798, with 

 Ambrosio ; Mr. Cussans is he who ran second with 

 Wouvermans to Lord Jersey with Cannon-Bali in 

 1819 ; Mr. Dawson is he who won a Jockey Club 

 Plate with Coriander in 1793, and with Quiz in 1802 ; 

 Mr. Delme (afterwards D. Eadclyffe) is he who ran 

 Petruchio for the Jockey Club Plate won by the Duke 

 of Grafton with Parasol in 1805, and was the ' double ' 

 (on the Turf) of George the Fourth and William the 

 Fourth ; Mr. Douglas is he who won a Jockey Club Plate 

 in 1778 with Bourdeaux, and another in 1779 with Sting 

 (both by Herod) ; Mr. Dutton is he who is known to 

 have been one of the Stewards of the Jockey Club at 

 the time of the Prince of Wales 's trouble about 

 Escape in 1791-92; Mr. Gascoyne is he who ran 

 Thetford for a Jockey Club Plate in 1776, and is 

 identified with Joseph Gascoyne, Esq., a ' keeper of 



