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tired from the turf. He won the Derby with 

 ^Emilius, and the Oaks with Corinne, and 

 has had quite his share of ' most of the good 

 things at Newmarket/ as Buckle said, who 

 was the colonel's principal jockey. He was 

 once confederate with Mr. Payne, uncle to 

 the gentleman of that name now on the turf. 

 Mr. Lechmere Charlton was on the turf 

 more than twenty years, having run third 

 for the Oaks in 1811, and has been an 

 owner of several good horses Master 

 Henry, perhaps, the best. He has likewise 

 been a great breeder of racers, and besides 

 Henry (whom he purchased cheaply for 

 seven hundred guineas), had Manfred, Sam, 

 Hedley, Castrel, Banker, and Anticipation, 

 as stud-horses, with several good mares 

 from the Duke of Grafton and Lord Gros- 

 venor, and, indeed, from other celebrated 

 studs within his reach. Like all great 

 breeders, Mr. Charlton has had many 

 public sales, at one of which the sum of 

 nineteen hundred pounds being offered for 

 Henry, by a very badly dressed person in 

 the crowd, he was asked by the auctioneer 

 for whom he was bidding? "Here is my 

 authority,' said the man, pointing to his 



