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he received great assistance in all his 

 racing speculations from his late brother, 

 the Honourable Charles Wyndham, since 

 whose decease the stable has not been so 

 successful. 



The late Earl of Burlington (Lord George 

 Cavendish) was of great repute on New- 

 market heath as a good breeder of race- 

 horses, a very high bettor, and we need not 

 add, a most honourable man. His lordship, 

 no doubt, had his fancies in his betting, 

 which of course he now and then paid for. 

 When he did ' fancy his horse,' as the turf- 

 phrase is, he would risk an immense sum 

 upon him, not far short, we have heard, 

 of ten thousand pounds ! 



The late Earl of Stradbroke was one of the 

 keenest and best sportsmen at Newmarket, 

 and owner of a large stud. Amongst the 

 number, was the celebrated mare Persepolis, 

 the dam of thirteen good racers ; amongst 

 which were Araxes, Tigris, Indus, Euphrates, 

 Phasis, and Cydnus, all sons of Quiz, and 

 Granicus and Rubicon by Sorcerer. The 

 famous brood mares, Cobbaea (the dam of 

 Sorcery) and Grey Duchess, by Pot-8-q's, 

 were also in his lordship's stud, and pre- 



