THE TURF. 
without its spots, Sir Peter was not without a blemish. 
His own legs gave way at four years old, and those of 
his produce were not, on an average, good ; notwith- 
standing which, as we before stated, their winnings are 
without a parallel, barring those from the stock of 
the unparalleled Eclipse. The following anecdote is, 
we believe, authentic. Doctor Brandreth, the family 
physician at Knowsley, was commissioned by the then 
American consul to offer Lord Derby seven thousand 
guineas for Sir Peter Teazle, which his lordship refused, 
having, as he said, already refused ten : he certainly 
would have been a loser, had he accepted the offer. 
The present earl cared little for racing ; but Lord 
Stanley is likely to do credit to the blood of Sir Peter, 
as well as to the name he bears. 
The present Duke of Dorset, when Lord Sackville, 
not only shewed himself an admirable judge of a race- 
horse, but few jockeys by profession could ride one 
better; and, indeed, at one period of his life, few of 
them were in much greater practice. His grace was 
always cautious in his engagements, but from his 
perfect knowledge of his horses, generally placed them 
winners. In the days of Expectation, Lucan, and 
others, he won all before him ; but mark the change of 
the times ! Looking into the " Calendar" for 1800, we 
find Expectation by Sir Peter, out of Zilia by Eclipse, 
running four miles at Lewes, and beating two very 
stout mares : for what ! Why, for the sum of sixty 
guineas, which could not pay the expenses ! But then 
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