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He gave, for instance, 1500 guineas at the sale of 

 Sir Mark Wood's stud, in 1837, for the famous 

 brood-mare Camarine, and 1010 guineas for her 

 yearling colt, Glenlivat, by Rowton or Cetus. As 

 a rule, modern purchasers of thoroughbred year- 

 lings have not the same opportunities of looking 

 over the youngsters which they think of buying 

 as were afforded to their predecessors fifty or sixty 

 years since. At that time yearlings were almost 

 invariably purchased by private contract, and 

 auction sales were almost unknown. Formerly 

 Lord George and other purchasers would pay more 

 than one visit to the best-known stud-farms, such 

 as Riddlesworth, the seat of Mr Thornhill ; Euston 

 Park, the seat of the Duke of Grafton ; Underley 

 Park, near Barrow- in -Furness, the seat of Mr 

 Nowell ; Bishop Burton Hall, near Beverley, the 

 seat of Mr Richard Watt ; Sledmere Park, near 

 Malton, the seat of Sir Tatton Sykes ; Rock- 

 ingham House, Malton, the home of Mr Allen, 

 who bred Rockingham and Canezou. Before 

 buying a yearling (whom he had probably seen 

 as a foal), Lord George would run round the 

 paddock after him, rattling a stick inside his 

 hat, and closely observing the youngster's action 

 and style of going. In those days, moreover, 

 yearlings were not fattened up like prize oxen 

 before they were sold, and their condition was 

 such that their trainer had not to strip them of 

 fat before they were fit to gallop. I remember 



