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and greater after Waxy's victory at Epsom ; Lord 

 Clermont never tired of looking into his own stables, 

 where Hammond's Bank now stands.; and Perren 

 had the charge of Lord Barrymore's string. It is told 

 of his eccentric lordship, that on one occasion he came 

 forth on to the pavement in front of his stables, and 

 collected a large crowd by roaring " O yes ! O yes ! 

 O yes ! who wants to buy a horse that can walk five 

 miles an hour, trot eighteen, and gallop twenty?" 

 and then discomforted a bidder by assuring him that 

 " when I see such a horse I will be sure to let you 

 know." " Hell Fire Dick," so called from his mar- 

 vellous knack of getting horses on to their legs in 

 half-mile and quarter-mile matches, trained for " old 

 Q." at Queensbury House, where the Prince had been 

 a constant dinner guest during the meetings. The 

 old "sallow leather" peer, with his three-cornered 

 hat (on which point Lord Clermont imitated him), 

 his sharp aquiline nose and keen sunken eye, was 

 then, both here and everywhere, owing to his extra- 

 ordinary carriage and cricket-ball matches, &c., an 

 object of the utmost interest ; and he thought nothing 

 of riding his pony right up to the best windows in the 

 High street, and ogling the fair maids and matrons 

 within. His character for acuteness may be seen from 

 the high place he holds in the following " Recipe to 

 make a Jockey," which was handed about the coffee- 

 houses of that day : 



" Take a pestle and mortar of moderate size : 

 Into Queensbury's head put Bunbury's eyes : 

 Cut Dick Vernon's throat, and save all the blood ; 

 To answer your purpose, there's none half so good : 

 Pound Clermont to dust, you'll find it expedient ; 

 The world cannot furnish a better ingredient : 

 From Derby and Bedford take plenty of spirit ; 

 Successful or not, they have always that merit : 

 Tommy Panton's address, John Wastell's advice, 

 And a touch of Prometheus 'tis done in a trice." 



Newmarket has undergone endless changes since all 



