OF DERBY WINNERS 163 



The Derby of 1825 was won by Lord Jersey with 

 Middleton, and the Doncaster St Leger by Mr R. Watt 

 with Memnon. To the Derby of 1825 were only fifty- 

 eight subscribers, while in 1850 were two hundred and 

 five. Lord Glasgow was elected a member of the Jockey 

 Club in 1839, and in 1845 had a dozen horses running 

 in his name. He had a long run of bad luck in breed- 

 ing, which turned, however, before his death. He spent 

 ;^6o,ooo a year on the Turf. 



The Marquis of Hastings, and his son Lord Hastings, 

 were both prominent in racing matters, and owned a long 

 string of winners, among the best being Ackworth and the 

 Earl. 



Lord Falmouth had extraordinary success ; and Sir 

 Tatton Sykes was one of the largest breeders of blooded 

 stock at the time of his death, his stud numbering more 

 than two hundred horses and mares. In 1861, to the 

 surprise of everyone, the St Leger was won by Caller Ou. 

 She was bred by Mr I'Anson in 1858, by Stockwell out of 

 Haricot, Gladiator and Whalebone being ancestors. The 

 Derby of 1862 was won by Caractacus over the Marquis 

 and Buckstone. 



The contest for the Ascot Cup in 1863, in which Buck- 

 stone ran against Tim Whiffler and won, is still remembered 

 as a thriUing spectacle. Count Lagrange's Fille de I'Air, 

 winner of the Oaks, was heroine in 1864; but his best 

 horse, Gladiateur, won the three-year-old treble event — the 

 Derby, Oaks and St Leger in 1865. Lord Lyon won 

 both the Derby and St Leger in 1866, and Hermit won the 

 Derby in 1867. 



Blair Athol, 'a beautiful bright chestnut horse, as full 

 of go as an indiarubber ball,' was one of the celebrities 



