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great many races, and in 1869 I was elected a 

 member of the Jockey Club. 



Stirring times they were indeed on the Turf 

 in the sixties ; it was then that Mr. Henry Chaplin 

 first appeared with Breadalbane and Broomielaw, 

 and subsequently won the memorable Derby of 

 1867 with Hermit, by Newminster ; about the 

 same time came the rapid and sensational career 

 of the 4th and last Marquis of Hastings, ending 

 with his early death in 1868 when only twenty-six. 



Other racing magnates of those days were 

 Prince Sotykoff, General Peel, Mr. Stirling Crau- 

 ford, Lords Glasgow, Stamford, Coventry, Fal- 

 mouth, Ailesbury, Chesterfield, Portsmouth, and 

 Wilton ; the Dukes of Beaufort, Hamilton, and 

 Newcastle ; Baron Rothschild, Count La Grange, 

 Count Batthyany, Mr. Ten Brock, Colonel 

 Towneley, Messrs. Sturt, Bowes, Sutton, Pry or, 

 Jardine, Sir Frederick Johnstone, and Sir Joseph 

 Hawley, who won the Derby four times and was 

 known as '' the lucky Baronet." 



Much in evidence also were the three '' Romeo 

 Lords," Courtenay, Howard, and Andover, a 

 well-known trio who lived to become Earls of 

 Devon, Effingham, and Suffolk ; but they all 

 three died comparatively early, and with the 

 last-named I lost one of my greatest friends. 



The sixties were also essentially the racing 



