THE TURF. 
horses, whose names (after the manner of fox-hounds) 
all begin with the letter P, the first letter of the mare's 
name, and she is said to have realised to the Grafton 
family little short of one hundred thousand pounds. 
In fact, all breeders of race-horses try for a strain of the 
justly celebrated Prunella, The all-graceful Hamilton 
(often called " Zeluco ") was equally conspicuous in the 
north, and celebrated for stout blood. He won the 
St. Leger no less than seven times, a circumstance quite 
unparalleled on the turf: and ran first for it the eighth, 
but the stakes were given to Lord Fitzwilliam, his 
grace's rider having jostled. 
Coming nearer to our own times, Sir Harry Vane 
Tempest and Mr. Robert Heathcote made great appear- 
ances with their studs, as well as the heavy engagements 
they entered into; and such horses as Schedoni, the 
property of the latter, and Hambletonian, Rolla, and 
Cockfighter, of the former, are very seldom produced. 
Vivaldi, by Woodpecker, also the property of Mr. Heath- 
cote, was the sire of more good hunters than almost any 
other in England, and the very mention of their being 
"by Vivaldi," sold them. Hambletonian was one of 
the meteors of the day. Sir Frank Standish, and his 
Yellow mare the breeder of Stamford, Eagle, Didelot, 
Parisot, and Archduke, all Derby and Oaks winners, 
except Stamford, one of the best of our stud-horses 
must not be passed unnoticed, not only as a sportsman, 
but as the true stamp of an English country gentle- 
man. Sir Ferdinand Poole also cut a great figure on 
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