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of these continental Bentincks is a great iron-master 

 so great, in fact, that when he intimated to his 

 Government, during the troubles of 1848, that he 

 intended to close his works, they replied that if he 

 did not carry them on they must, or the revolution 

 would sweep works and Government away together 

 like an avalanche. Among the most constant attend- 

 ants at our race-courses, season after season, is a 

 magnificent twenty-stone German, connected, we be- 

 lieve, with the leather trade at Berlin, and, without 

 exception, one of the very finest judges of racing that 

 ever set foot on Newmarket Heath. 



Foreigners are not very particular as to the colours 

 of the sires, but are rather prejudiced against chesnuts, 

 especially if they have much white about them, 

 although Count Henckel did not let this stand in his 

 way when he took a fancy to Ephesus. Dark bay mares 

 suit them, but they prefer black-brown if they can be 

 got. At one time the Russians had an immense fancy 

 for greys ; but they ceased to import them, in conse- 

 quence of the complaint of Hetman Platoff, that his 

 officers, who always rode them, were much more liable 

 thereby to be picked off. France has imported a con- 

 siderable number of sires since Diamond, the great 

 match opponent of Hambletonian ; and Lottery, Tar- 

 rare, The Emperor, Inheritor, Brocardo, Auckland, 

 Assault, Nunnykirk, Gladiator, Prime Warden, Sting, 

 Physician, Collingwood, Cossack, Elthiron, Foig-a- 

 Ballagh, lago, Minotaur, Weathergage, Saucebox, 

 and Lanercost, are well-known names in her stud- 

 book. In addition to those we shall mention in their 

 place, and countless others of lesser note, Cetus, Cha- 

 teau Margaux, Margrave, Glencoe, Riddlesworth, 

 Scythian, and Buzzard are naturalized in America ; 

 Hungary claims Conyngham, Frantic, and Recovery ; 

 Russia has Wanota, Coronation, Jereed, Andover, 

 Uriel, Peep-o'-day Boy, Ithuriel, The Squire, and Van 

 Tromp ; Austria boasts herself in Cardinal Puff, Gold- 



