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whose price, to others, is fifty guineas each 

 mare. The Marquis of Westminster, 

 although very well bred for it, never sig- 

 nalised himself on the turf, and has there- 

 fore wisely withdrawn from Newmarket, 

 confining his stud, a very small one, to the 

 provincial meetings in his own immediate 

 neighbourhood, where it is quite right for 

 great lords to make the agreeable. We 

 believe that the last time he was at head- 

 quarters was to see his horse Navarino win 

 the great two thousand-guinea stakes ! His 

 lordship, however, has shone forth, a bright 

 star at the eleventh hour, with his famous 

 horse Touchstone, having challenged all 

 England with him after winning the Don- 

 caster St. Leger. The Marquis of Conyng- 

 ham is a sportsman, and was used to back 

 his horses freely, as did the Marquis of 

 Sligo, one of the best breeders of them ; 

 but as his lordship belongs to the sister 

 kingdom, for the honour of old England, 

 we presume, he was not often allowed to 

 win. He, however, has had the distinction 

 of being second for the St. Leger twice; 

 namely, with Canteen when Jerry won it, 

 and with Bran in Touchstone's year. 



