THE TURF. 
his experience increases with his years. But the best 
judge of this rank is the noble Earl of Jersey, who, 
indeed, does everything well. As a breeder, perhaps 
his lordship may not quite equal the Duke of Grafton 
and Lord Egremont, certainly not in extent ; but we 
must place him third, having produced from his own 
mares one winner of the Oaks Cobweb, supposed to 
be the best bred mare in England and three winners 
of the Derby ; namely, Middleton, Bay Middleton (by 
Middleton out of Cobweb), and Mameluke ; the latter 
of which he sold to Mr. Gully for four thousand guineas ! 
Perhaps no man ever brought to the post on one day 
two finer horses than Mameluke, the winner of the 
Derby, and Glenartney, who ran second to him, beating 
twenty-one others with the greatest ease. Mameluke 
was bred by Mr. Elwes. Lord Jersey's stud is not 
large, but well selected, and he has every convenience 
for breeding at his seat, Middleton-Stony, Oxford- 
shire. His lordship was formerly confederate with that 
thorough sportsman, Sir John Shelley, who had the 
honour of breeding Phantom and Priam. The Earl of 
Durham has retired, but, when Mr. Lambton, he had a 
splendid stud, which was sold by Messrs. Tattersall, in 
1826, eight foals realising the astonishing sum of fifteen 
hundred and thirty-three guineas (above two hundred 
pounds each) ! 
Of Newmarket viscounts we muster more ; but, 
looking to the past, we must give Lord Lowther the 
pas, not only from his experience and knowledge, 
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