402 WARWICKSHIRE HUNT. 



On the Turf he started 23 times, and won 14 races, 

 beating 36 horses. He was second in eight races, and beat 

 19 horses ; and on one occasion he was not placed. 



This gallant old horse was named for the Hurdle 

 Races, at Liverpool, in October, 1837, and, apparently, 

 when in better condition than ever he was before, on 

 taking his last gallop, he failed in his near foreleg, and 

 is not likely to come out again as a racer. 



MR. MYTTON. 



John Mytton, Esq. of Halstone, Salop, was a Sportsman well 

 known in Warwickshire, by attending the races in that county for 

 many years. He came into the possession of property, it has been very 

 confidently stated, real and personal, little short in value of .£400,000, 

 but, from an improvident expenditure, and extensive specuhations on 

 the Turf, in which it is believed he lost large sums, he spent his noble 

 patrimony, and on the 29th of March, 1834, he died in the King^'s 

 Bench, from a disease on the brain, and was buried at Halstone. He 

 first married the daughter of Sir Tyrwhitt Jones, who died, leaving 

 him one daughter, on whom he settled .£10,000; and he afterwards 

 was united to Caroline, sister of T. Giffard, Esq. of Chillington, by 

 whom he had five children, the eldest son, at his death, inheriting the 

 Halstone estate. — Mr. Mytton was 38. 



Now what sliall we say of Mr. Mytton — himself a sportsman and 

 a master of hounds ? The conflicting passions of the human mind 

 were strongly marked in tlie character of this gentleman. Some of 

 these, acting upon a temper too easily excited, often threw his better 

 qualities into the shade, and led to results regetted by his acquaint- 

 ances, and lamented by his fiiends. 



Mr. Mytton's famous horse, Euphrates, stood upon the turf until 

 he was 13 years old, and won his master sixteen Cups. — Birming- 

 ham, Independence, and we believe Wolverliampton, once belonged 

 to Mr. Mytton, and were purchased from him by the late Mr. Beards- 

 ivorth, of Birmingham, when colts. 



