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one other horse whatever. Mr. Fenwick cleared 

 by Match'em, as a staUion, upwards of £17,000, 

 and Mr. Martindale, of St. James's St., London, 

 by Regains, only £1000. 



Eclipse died at Cannons, Middlesex, on Satur- 

 day, the 28th of February, 1789, aged twenty-five 

 years. 



This famous horse was short in the forehand, 

 and high in the hips, which gave a kind of elas- 

 ticity to his strokes. His heart weighed, when 

 taken out, 141b., to which extraordinary circum- 

 stance, he was supposed to owe his great natural 

 courage. At his interment, ale and cake were 

 given, as at that of the Godolphin Arabian. 



Such is said to have been the bad temper of 

 Eclipse, that at one time it was thought impos- 

 sible to bring him to the post except as a gelding. 

 On this account, he was placed in the hands of 

 a rough-rider, in the neighbourhood of Epsom, 

 who, being likewise a notorious poacher, worked 

 him almost off his legs ; riding him about the 

 country on business during the day, and frequently 

 keeping him out all night on poaching excursions. 

 This treatment, although it quieted him enough to 

 enable him to race, still never entirely subdued his 

 indomitable spirit ; and, accordingly, Fitzpatrick 

 and Oakley, who rode him in almost all his races, 

 never attempted to hold him, contenting them- 

 selves with sitting quiet upon the saddle. 



In a painting of Eclipse, with his jockey, Jack 



