298 THE JOCKEY CLUB 1835- 



Mr. (CALEDON) ALEXANDEE, who died in 1884, was 

 very prominent on the Turf, though not as a winner 

 of * classic ' races, and his heavy-weight match in 

 1879 with Sir J. D. Astley has already been mentioned 

 (Briglia, 5 yrs. 16 st., v. Drumhead, 6 yrs. 16 st. 6 lb., 

 Suffolk Stakes Course, Newmarket that is, a mile and 

 a half, owners up). He also ran the sporting match 

 in 1866 with his Eobin Hood, by Wild Day r ell, against 

 Baron Eothschild's Kobin Hood, by North Lincoln, 

 3 yrs. 8 st. 10 lb. each, Ditch mile, Newmarket, for 

 ' 200 sovs. and the name i.e. which should be 

 entitled to be called Kobin Hood,' and won 'the 

 stakes.' 



Mr. ALLIX demands special notice as one of the 

 family (if not the very identical gentleman) from 

 whom the Jockey Club made the memorable purchase 

 which first gave the Club proprietary rights over a 

 portion of Newmarket Heath and laid the foundation 

 of * warning off.' 



Mr. F. BABNE (of Setter ley, Norfolk) is noticeable 

 as having been connected maternally (through the Mr. 

 Miles Barne, High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1790) with 

 the family of General Philip Honywood (one of the 

 great lights of the Turf with his Honywood Arabian 

 and two True Blues), and for having apparently dis- 

 puted with the late Lord Granville the position of doyen 

 of the Club (for he was a member before 1848, and was 

 still on the list in 1885) without having attained any 

 distinction on the racecourse, though he (unlike Lord 



