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was supposed to be the best judge of pace 

 in a four-mile race of any man of his time. 

 We are sorry to hear that John Mangle, 

 another eminent Yorkshire jockey, is blind. 

 He won the St. Leger five times ; three in 

 succession, for the Duke of Hamilton, and, 

 in all, four times for his grace. Ben Smith 

 has retired, rich ; but the renowned John 

 Singleton, one of the riders of Eclipse, and 

 the first winner of the Doncaster St. Leger, 

 1776, for the late Lord Rockingham, died 

 a pauper in Chester workhouse. 



George Nelson is a very conspicuous 

 man among the northern jockeys, and the 

 more so, as having been thought worthy of 

 being transplanted to the south to ride for 

 his late majesty, in the room of the second 

 best jockey at Newmarket, viz., Robinson. 

 Nelson was brought up by the late Earl of 

 Scarborough, in whose opinion he stood 

 high, and his lordship confirmed it by a 

 pension. He won the St. Leger for the 

 Earl, on Tarrare, a very unexpected event. 

 He was likewise very successful in his exer- 

 tions for his late majesty, from whom he 

 also had his reward ; but his great perform- 

 ances were on Lottery, Fleur-de-lis, and 



