BENJAMIN MARSHALL 89 



For Lord Darlington, afterwards Duke of Cleve- 

 land and Baron Raby, famous both on the turf and 

 in the hunting field, Marshall painted portraits of 

 Hap-hazard and Muley Moloch, paying a visit to 

 Raby Castle, near Durham, to execute the commis- 

 sion. Hap-hazard is depicted ready for the 

 match for 500 guineas against Lord Strathmore's 

 Walnut at York. Samuel Wheatley, his training 

 groom, holds the horse while Wm. Price, the 

 jockey, is in the act of stripping off his coat 

 to mount. Muley Moloch is represented under- 

 going the operation of scraping and wiping down 

 after winning a 20-guinea sweepstakes, to which 

 there were ten subscribers. Tod, a stable lad, is 

 at his head, and behind the horse stand Hardy, 

 his training groom. Trotter, a farmer, and Thomp- 

 son, the head gardener at Raby Castle ; the back- 

 ground being filled with stands, booths, carriages 

 &c. These pictures were engraved in 1805 by 

 Cook, the plates measuring 24 inches by 18 inches. 



Middleton, Zinganee and Priam, among other 

 famous race-horses, stood to Marshall for portraits, 

 which were engraved and reproduced in the Sport- 

 ing Magazine. A portrait of Lop was engraved by 

 Whessell, size of plate 19 inches by 14, and was 

 published on ist January, 1815, by J. Harris, of 

 Sweetings Alley, east end of the Royal Exchange, 

 and 8, Old Broad Street. Marshall painted 



