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his life. In a short biographical sketch of 

 him, his little peculiarities are noticed in 

 rather an amusing style. * He was,' says 

 his biographer, 1 ' a great patron of the sock 

 and buskin, and often bespoke plays for the 

 night in country towns. He was a master 

 of hounds, a breeder of greyhounds, fight- 

 ing-cocks, and bull-dogs (proh pudor /), and 

 always celebrated for his hacks. In the 

 language of the stud-book, his first wife had 

 no produce, but out of the second he had 

 several children. We may suppose he chose 

 her as he would a race-horse, for she was 

 not only very handsome, but very good.' 

 He left three sons, who are comfortably and 

 respectably settled in life one a solicitor, 

 one a druggist, and the other a brewer. 

 1 Young Buckle' is his nephew, and con- 

 sidered a fair jockey, though he does not 

 ride so often as his uncle was called upon 

 to do. But Frank Buckles are scarce. 



The present Samuel Chifney presents the 

 beau ideal of a jockey elegance of seat, 

 perfection of hand, judgment of pace, all 



1 Nimrod. Vide Old Sporting Magazine, vol. xiy., 

 No. 81, June 1824 ; also New Sporting Magazine, 

 vol. iii., No. 13, May 1832. 



