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lordship has HI ewise turned the amusement 

 and such has been his main object in the 

 pursuit of it to an excellent account, in 

 the liberal act of affording to his tenantry 

 and neighbours the free benefit of several 

 of his stud-horses. Among these have 

 been two very fine animals, Octavius and 

 Wanderer, the latter not inaptly named, as 

 for many years of his life he was never 

 known to lie down, but was generally in 

 action in his box. He was a noble speci- 

 men of the horse, and one of the best bred 

 ones in the world for all the purposes for 

 which horses of speed and strength are 

 wanted, being by Gohanna, out of a sister 

 to Colibri, by Woodpecker, esteemed our 

 stoutest blood. The earl is likewise the 

 breeder of honest Chateau Margaux and 

 Camel, ornaments to the British turf, and 

 sons of good little Whalebone. Lord Egre- 

 mont won the Derby three times in four 

 years; twice with sons of Gohanna, and 

 subsequently with Lapdog by Whalebone. 

 He has also been three times the winner 

 of the Oaks with fillies from his own 

 stud. But all this success is not to be 

 placed to his lordship's own account ; 



