THE TURF. 
his string of long-tailed race-horses, reminding us of 
very early days. 
The late Sir Charles Bunbury's ardour for the turf 
was conspicuous to his last hour. He was the only 
man that ever won the Derby and Oaks with the same 
horse*, and he was the breeder of many of the first- 
racers of his time Smolensko among them. When 
this very celebrated horse started for the Derby which 
he won his owner led him in his hand, after he was 
saddled, and delivered him up to his jockey (Goodison), 
with the following pithy remark : " Here is your horse, 
Tom ; he will do his duty, if you will do yours!" Sir 
Charles was likewise very instrumental in doing away 
with the four-mile races at Newmarket, and substi- 
tuting shorter ones in their stead. Some imputed this 
to the worthy baronet's humanity, whilst others, more 
correctly we believe, were of opinion that short races 
better suited his favourite blood. The "Whiskeys and 
Sorcerers, for example, have been more celebrated for 
speed than for stoutness, although, where the produce 
from them has been crossed with some of our stout 
blood (for instance, Truffle and Bourbon), they have 
been found to run on. On the whole, Sir Charles, 
latterly, with the exception of Muley, had got into a 
soft sort. He was also a bad keeper of his young stock, 
and would not be beaten out of his old prejudices in 
favour of grass and large paddocks. Had some persons 
* The celebrated Eleanor, in 1801. 
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