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THE TURF. 
of race-horses whom we could name, always runs to 
win. The Duke of Grafton's stable is, in consequence, 
heavily backed, when it brings out good horses for any 
of the great stakes ; and we are happy to add it is at 
present in good force, having eight or nine two-year olds 
in training at Newmarket, instead of selling them, as 
has been the case the last four or five years. 
The Duke of Portland has been a steady and ever 
honourable patron of the English turf; but his stud is 
now small. In fact, since winning the Derby with 
Tiresias, in 1819, the tide of fortune appears to have 
turned against his stable, and he has not done much. 
His grace has, however, lately shewn himself a zealous 
advocate for preserving the strength, stoutness, and 
vigour of the English race-horse, which it is feared has 
been on the decline, by the munificent donation of three 
hundred pounds to a one hundred guineas handicap- 
stakes, at Newmarket, now called the. " Portland Handi- 
cap ;" distance, the last three miles of the Beacon course. 
His Grace of Rutland has become slack, nor, indeed, 
has his stable brought out more than five horses the 
last two years. He won the Derby with Cadland 
(whom be bred), after a dead heat with the Colonel 
a circumstance previously unknown for that great race 
and the Oaks with Sorcery and Medora. On the other 
hand, the Duke of Cleveland's passion for the turf 
appears to grow with his years, his grace having been 
the best buyer of the present century. He gave three 
thousand five hundred guineas for Trustee and Liverpool, 
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