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name that George the Fourth's horses, run by William 

 the Fourth, were entered ; a practice not in accord- 

 ance with the present Piule, that * a horse cannot be 

 entered in the real or assumed name of any person 

 as his owner unless that person's interest or property 

 in the horse is at least equal to that of any other one 

 person, and has been so registered.' Even under the 

 present Eules Mr. Radcliffe might of course have been 

 deputed to enter the horses, but, if he were merely the 

 King's deputy, and not himself the original subscriber, 

 the entries would be voided by the King's death. 

 Mention having been made of ' The Eclipse Foot,' it 

 may be interesting to remark here that a Mr. "William 

 Worley, of Weybridge, claims to have had in his pos- 

 session for about thirty years (on July 7, 1891) a 

 pin with a horse's head made from one of Eclipse's 

 hoofs, and the property originally of a William 

 Worley who had been in the service of the ' Culloden ' 

 Duke of Cumberland and afterwards manager of the 

 Duke of York's stud at Oatlands, and who had 

 actually cut off the hoofs of Eclipse (died 1789, when 

 the Duke of York would be very much interested in 

 such matters). Another relic of Eclipse is the 

 ' wrist-band ' made out of hair from his tail and 

 attached to the famous ' whip.' There is no reason 

 to doubt that Mr. Worley's claim is well founded, and 

 that he possesses a very desirable souvenir. The 

 skeleton of Eclipse also is preserved in the museum 



