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stakes were given to Lord Fitzwilliam, his 

 grace's rider having jostled. 



Coming nearer to our own times, Sir 

 Harry Vane Tempest and Mr. Robert 

 Heathcote made great appearances with 

 their studs, as well as the heavy engage- 

 ments they entered into; and such horses 

 as Schedoni, the property of the latter, and 

 Hambletonian, Rolla, and Cockfighter, of 

 the former, are very seldom produced. 

 Vivaldi, by Woodpecker, also the property 

 of Mr. Heathcote, was the sire of more 

 good hunters than almost any other in 

 England, and the very mention of their 

 being 'by Vivaldi/ sold them. Hamble- 

 tonian was one of the meteors of the day. 

 Sir Frank Standish, and his Yellow mare 

 the breeder of Stamford, Eagle, Didelot, 

 Parisot, and Archduke, all Derby and Oaks 

 winners, except Stamford, one of the best 

 of our stud-horses must not be passed 

 unnoticed, not only as a sportsman, but 

 as the true stamp of an English country 

 gentleman. Sir Ferdinand Poole also cut 

 a great figure on the turf with his Waxy, 

 Worthy, Wowski, etc. ; and could some of 

 our present breeders of race-horses have 

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