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When two years old he ran for the Lavant Stakes 

 at Goodwood in John Day's name, and was beaten. 

 Gondolier, who had been at Goodwood a year or 

 two previously in the Duke of Richmond's name, 

 was sent, after having been in Prince's stable as 

 Mr Greville's property, to John Day's, in whose 

 name he ran in 1835. These two horses were all 

 that ran in John Day's name that year ; El Pastor, 

 Preserve, Dacre, Marmalade, and Elis ran in Mr 

 Greville's till that unfortunate difference occurred, 

 when Elis and El Pastor joined Gab, Arbaces, 

 Ethiopian, and Ascot at John Doe's, nominally 

 as Lord Lichfield's property, in whose name they 

 ran for their engagements. Although Lord George 

 lost heavily upon Preserve for the Oaks, he had 

 already been successful with her in winning the 

 One Thousand at Newmarket, to which were sub- 

 sequently added the Drawing-Room Stakes and 

 the Verulam Stakes at Goodwood. With Elis 

 his Lordship won the Chesterfield, Clearwell, 

 Criterion, and a sweepstakes at Newmarket, and 

 the Molecomb Stakes at Goodwood. Although 

 at that time his Lordship betted heavily and 

 lost considerably upon Preserve when Queen of 

 Trumps beat her for the Oaks, and when Glaucus 

 beat her for the Goodwood Stakes, he won a big 

 stake upon Queen of Trumps when she won the 

 St Leger, owing to the great ease with which 

 she defeated Preserve in the Oaks ; prior to which 

 Mr Greville, in giving Nat his orders, told him to 



