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themselves for the horses, drawing the horse and 

 van in triumph to the stables, where they were met 

 by the noble owner of the horse and a large portion 

 of his family, w^ho were welcomed and cheered to an 

 extent that would vie with the rejoicings after any 

 great victory. 



In 1831 his Grace was one of the stewards of the 

 Jockey Club, and he aided in revising many of the 

 rules laid down by them. Sixty-eight clauses were 

 carefully looked into and the whole code revised. 



A most important question to the sporting world 

 occupied his Grace's attention, namely, the repeal of 

 an obsolete Act of George II. (1740), which prohibited 

 any person from running more than one horse in a 

 race, or from running any horse otherwise than in his 

 own name. 



On the 3rd of March, 1840, his Grace requested their 

 Lordships in the House of Lords to permit the first 

 reading of the bill, which had been rendered necessary 

 by certain transactions of a vexed character. The 

 old Act was hardly known, until some clever solicitor 

 ferreted it out, and served notice of action upon six 

 gentlemen under its provisions. His Grace stated 

 that his late Majesty, who kept race-horses for the 

 purpose of encouraging an amusement which all 

 could enjoy, and of maintaining the breed of horses, 

 frequently ran three horses in one race, and those in 

 the name of the Master of the Horse. His Majesty 



