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He had formerly a large breeding establish- 

 ment at Oxcroft, eight miles from New- 

 market ; but the land not being suited for 

 it, in addition to the great prevalence of 

 flies, it was removed to within a few hundred 

 yards of Newmarket town, where his lord- 

 ship occupies a farm. Here stood the 

 horse Partisan, the sire of many good ones, 

 and amongst the rest, Glaucus, purchased 

 by Mr. Ridsdale of General Grosvenor at 

 three thousand guineas, after beating Clear- 

 well (Lord Orford's) in a match for five 

 hundred guineas, at Newmarket, and now 

 the property of Lord Chesterfield. The 

 best judges are sometimes mistaken ; and 

 Lord Lowther should not have sold Glaucus 

 to the general for three hundred and fifty 

 guineas without having had a taste of 

 him ; for besides his winnings, amounting 

 to fourteen hundred guineas, he cleared 

 nearly three thousand by the purchase. 

 But the ' Glauci permutatio ' is a standing 

 proverb for a bad bargain, ever since the 

 hero he is named after exchanged gold for 

 iron under the walls of old Troy. Joseph 

 Rogers, of Newmarket, trained for his lord- 

 ship. Lord Ranelagh was a short time on 



