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won the Hunt Cup at Warwick, easily beating Mr. 

 Carew's gelding by Laurel (ridden by Mr. Morris, of 

 the 17th Hussars) and four others; but Mr. Carew, 

 thinkinor that his horse ouQ^ht to have won, matched 

 him for ^100 a side against Gipsy Queen, Cup course 

 and weights, but the result was a still more decisive 

 victory for the mare. Not long after this Captain 

 Little's name disappeared from the ranks of amateur 

 riders. Captain Little, who was always a popular 

 favourite, died on the 17th of February 1877, at the 

 Hotel Clarendon in Paris, the immediate cause being 

 described as conofestion of the liver which resulted from 

 a severe cold contracted on the preceding Wednesday 

 as he was returning from his Club. About a year and 

 a half before his death Captain Little was prostrated 

 by an attack of gout which unhappily flew to his head, 

 and settling in his left eye, caused its loss of sight. 

 Captain Little was a light weight and as a rider on 

 the flat he could hold his own with the best, while few- 

 professionals could beat him in the matter of fineness 

 of hands or strength and elegance of seat. 



As a steeplechaser The Chandler might never have 

 been heard of had it not been for the discernment and 

 good judgment of Captain (afterwards Major) William 

 Peel, who inherited his love for racing from his father, 

 Mr. Edmund Peel of Bonehill, near Tamworth. The 

 Chandler, as he was subsequently called, was bred by 

 Sir Edward Scott, of Great Bar. Sir Edward sold the 

 horse to Mr. Wilkinson, a sporting chandler of Sutton 

 Coldfield, and he, in turn, disposed of him to Mr. Garnett 

 of Moor Hall, near Sutton Coldfield, and this gentleman 

 was in the habit of driving the horse (it is not known 

 who first gave him the name of The Chandler) in his gig 

 to the covert side. The Chandler, by Dr. Faustus, was 

 five years old in 1 841, in which year Captain Peel first 

 saw him. The Captain had driven over to Moor Hall 



