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repute, of * Naenia Britannica,' &c. Mr. (Ealph) 

 Button is remarkable as one of the few members of 

 the Jockey Club whom ' Louse ' Pigott deals gently 

 with, and the gentle treatment is quite in accordance 

 with the quotation, * Honor virtutis prsemia,' which 

 was addressed to him on the occasion of his marriage 

 in 1806 to Miss ' Honor ' Gubbins. He was a younger 

 brother of the first Lord Sherborne, and was con- 

 federate for a time with his other brother William 

 (who reassumed the name of Naper), and also at one 

 time (as has been mentioned) with the young Duke 

 of Bedford (twenty-one years of age in 1786), whose 

 Skyscraper he nominated for the Derby of 1789. 

 Mr. (that is, General or Field-Marshal Leveson) 

 Gower, whose name recalls the celebrated Gower 

 stallion (which belonged to his family), distinguished 

 himself upon the Turf by winning the Oaks with 

 Maid of Orleans in 1809 and with Landscape in 1816, 

 as well as the Ascot Cup in 1809 with Anderida. 

 Mr. (General and Field-Marshal) Grosvenor is notable 

 for winning the Oaks with Briseis in 1807 and in 

 1825 with Wings (purchased in 1837 by M. A. Lupin, 

 the now venerable doyen of the French Jockey Club 

 and the French Turf), but still more interesting 

 as the breeder of Copenhagen, the horse that was 

 ridden by the Duke of Wellington at the Battle of 

 Waterloo, and, at the end of the day, was so fresh as 

 nearly to kick the Duke's brains out and turn the 

 victory into mourning. By the way, Copenhagen, 



