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the Duke of Devonshire's Dimple (as early as about 

 1722) and Mr. Fenton's Matchem (in 1756) are speci- 

 fied in old works as winners of that trophy. However, 

 the Duke's chief claim to be regarded as a benefactor 

 to the cause of the Turf and of horse-breeding is that 

 he became the owner of both Cypron (dam of King 

 Herod) and of Spiletta (dam of Eclipse) ; that is to 

 say, he bred the two most predominant sires in the 

 genealogy of English race-horses. Moreover, he had 

 his ' Arabian,' like the other great breeders, at a time 

 when the * Arab ' was not quite played out, though 

 the ' Cumberland Arabian ' was not of much account. 

 It has been mentioned already that he owned Marske, 

 the sire of Eclipse, as well as Spiletta (or Spilletta) 

 the dam. Cypron was bred by Sir W. St. Quintin, 

 from whom she appears to have been purchased by 

 the Duke about 1755. 



The second Duke of Cumberland with whom we 

 have to do is Henry Frederick (brother of George the 

 Third), born 1744, died 1790, who won the Jockey 

 Club Challenge Cup in 1771 with Juniper (by Snap), 

 not to be confounded with Mr. Gorges' much earlier 

 Juniper (by Babram), winner of a Jockey Club Plate 

 in 1760. This was the Duke of Cumberland who 

 gave his kingly brother so much trouble by marrying 

 the exceedingly fair Mrs. Horton (not the notorious 

 Nancy Parsons, who, oddly enough, was also a Mrs. 

 Horton, but a lady whose maiden name was Luttrell, 

 sister of the memorable Colonel Luttrell, political 



