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of, King Herod, Blank, Snap, Regulus, 

 and the Godolphin Arabian. As, however, 

 the sun is not without its spots, Sir Peter 

 was not without a blemish. His own legs 

 gave way at four years old, and those of 

 his produce were not, on an average, good ; 

 notwithstanding which, as we before stated, 

 their winnings are without a parallel, barring 

 those from the stock of the unparalleled 

 Eclipse. The following anecdote is, we 

 believe, authentic. Doctor Brandreth, the 

 family physician at Knowsley, was com- 

 missioned by the then American consul to 

 offer Lord Derby seven thousand guineas 

 for Sir Peter Teazle, which his lordship 

 refused, having, as he said, already refused 

 ten : he certainly would have been a loser, 

 had he accepted the offer. The present 

 earl cared little for racing ; but Lord Stanley 

 is likely to do credit to the blood of Sir 

 Peter, as well as to the name he bears. 



The present Duke of Dorset, when Lord 

 Sackville, not only showed himself an 

 admirable judge of a race-horse, but few 

 jockeys by profession could ride one better ; 

 and, indeed, at one period of his life, few 

 of them were in much greater practice. 



