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(in 1789, 1791, and 1797, with Sky-scraper, with 

 Eager, and with a colt by Fidget out of Sister to 

 Pharamond), and the Oaks three times (in 1790, 

 1791, and 1793, with Hippolyta, Portia, and Cselia). 

 Whether the Luke bred Sky-scraper is a question 

 which has troubled Israel, but cannot be answered 

 with certainty. All that is certain is that Sir John 

 Shelley (who died in 1783) bred and for some years 

 owned Everlasting (dam of Sky-scraper) ; but she 

 passed from his stud to Lord Egremont's first, and 

 then to the Duke of Bedford's, and between those two 

 owners lies the breeder ship of Sky-scraper. Alto- 

 gether, the fifth Duke of Bedford was one of the most 

 worshipful among those members of the Jockey Club 

 who have promoted the ' cause.' He was confederate 

 with Mr. Balph Dutton, which will account for the 

 fact that Sky-scraper was entered for the Derby in 

 Mr. Dutton 's name. 



The Duke of Bolton was the last Duke (whose 

 natural daughter married Mr. T. Orde, that is, Mr. 

 T. Orde-Powlett, created Lord Bolton in 1797), and 

 he ran Brother to Johnny for a Jockey Club Plate in 

 1781 (having probably been a member of the Club 

 for some years previously). The Duke ran a filly by 

 Syphon for the very first Oaks (in 1779), and Bay 

 Bolton (by Matchem) for the very first Derby (in 

 1780), and he ' strained back ' to the Duke who was 

 the owner (though Sir M. Peirson was the breeder) of 

 the very famous Bay Bolton (alias Brown Lusty, by 



