88 THE TURF 



Orangeflower, his late majesty's famous 

 gelding Rebel, and several other first-rates. 

 Lord Clermont also was a great contributor 

 to the turf by bringing with him from 

 Ireland the famous jockey, Dennis Fitz- 

 patrick, son of one of his tenants. We 

 have his lordship, indeed, before us this 

 moment, on his pony on the heath, and his 

 string of long-tailed race-horses, reminding 

 us of very early days. 



The late Sir Charles Bunbury's ardour for 

 the turf was conspicuous to his last hour. 

 He was the only man that ever won the 

 Derby and Oaks with the same horse, 1 

 and he was the breeder of many of the 

 first racers of his time Smolensko among 

 them. When this very celebrated horse 

 started for the Derby which he won his 

 owner led him in his hand, after he was 

 saddled, and delivered him up to his jockey 

 (Goodison), with the following pithy remark : 

 c Here is your horse, Tom ; he will do his 

 duty, if you will do yours \ ' Sir Charles 

 was likewise very instrumental in doing away 

 with the four- mile races at Newmarket, 

 and substituting shorter ones in their stead. 



1 The celebrated Eleanor, in 1801. 



