THE EIGHTH DUKE OF BEAUFORT 



then were the Beaufort colours. After this the boy 

 went often to Newmarket, and it is said that on one 

 occasion his pony ran away with him past the 

 winning post, and right through the town. 



When he succeeded to the title he registered 

 fresh racing colours, viz., blue with white hoops and 

 a blue cap. He bought at Hampton Court sale a 

 colt named Furioso, which never was anything but 

 a very ordinary selling plater. A colt named Gin 

 was thought to have an outside chance in Beads- 

 man's Derby, but he never even reached the 

 starting post. A filly Vigil, which the Duke owned 

 about the same time, owes her chief title to re- 

 membrance, to the fact that she was half-sister to 

 Rarey's noted Savage Cruiser. 



The Duke's horses were trained by old John 

 Day at Danebury, where also the late Duke of 

 Newcastle, the Earl of Westmorland, and the 

 Marquis of Hastings had their respective strings. 

 At Danebury was thus laid the foundation of 

 the fortunes of several well-known bookmakers 

 of the day. Siberia slightly improved the racing 

 fortunes of the Duke in 1865, when she won the 

 1,000 oruineas, and Rustic was a favourite for the 

 Derby which Lord Lyon won, and for which Saver- 

 nake was second. Fordham, who was one of the 

 finest horsemen that ever rode a race,was the Duke's 

 jockey. Yet, like his master, he never won a 

 Derby. Fordham rode Ceylon when he won the 

 Grand Prix, and Vauban when that good horse won 



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