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his owner, what would have become of that 

 of his royal highness's principal accuser, the 

 late Sir Charles Bunbury? Look at the 

 running of his Eleanor : it is well known 

 she was the winner of both Derby and 

 Oaks the best mare of her day. Well ! at 

 Huntingdon she was beaten by a common 

 plater, a mare called Two Shoes, ten to one 

 on Eleanor. The next week at Egham, she 

 beat a first-rate race-horse, Bobadil, and 

 several others, ten to one on Bobadil. In 

 both these cases money was lost, and the 

 question that follows is, who won it ? But 

 Sir Charles too is in his grave, and there- 

 fore we say ' requiescat in pace} 



After quitting Newmarket, his late majesty 

 was a great supporter of country races, 

 sending such horses as Knowsley, by Sir 

 Peter, and others nearly as good, to run 

 heats for plates ; and he particularly patron- 

 ised the meetings of Brighton and Lewes, 

 which acquired high repute. But Bibury 

 was his favourite race-ground ; where, 

 divesting himself of the shackles of state, 

 he appeared as a private gentleman for 

 several years in succession, an inmate of 

 Lord Sherborne's family, and with the 



