THE TURF 107 



His grace was always cautious in his en- 

 gagements, but from his perfect knowledge 

 of his horses, generally placed them winners. 

 In the days of Expectation, Lucan, and 

 others, he won all before him ; but mark 

 the change of the times ! Looking into the 

 Calendar for 1800, we find Expectation by 

 Sir Peter, out of Zilia by Eclipse, running 

 four miles at Lewes, and beating two very 

 stout mares : for what ! Why, for the sum 

 of sixty guineas, which could not pay the 

 expenses ! But then another of his horses, 

 and a good one too (Laborie by Delpini), 

 wins a fifty-pound plate the same year at 

 Winchester ; the best of three four-mile heats \ 

 Were the Duke of Dorset on the turf now, 

 he would have something better to do with 

 such horses as Expectation and Laborie ! 



The present Duke of Grafton has been 

 a great winner, having inherited, with his 

 domains, the virtues of old Prunella, but 

 owes some of his success to his late brother, 

 Lord Henry Fitzroy, whose judgment in 

 racing was equal to any man's. With the 

 assistance then of Lord Henry, the training 

 of Robson, and the good riding of the late 

 Frank Buckle, John Day, William Clift, 



