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his father on the Turf, but, on the death of the third 

 Duke (in 1811), at once stepped into the vacant shoes 

 (though he is not gazetted as a runner for a Jockey 

 Club Plate till 1836, when his horse Ulick, with 6 to 

 4 on him, was beaten by no less a distance than 100 

 yards by Lord Exeter's Luck's All), and, availing 

 himself of his father's stud, including the celebrated 

 mares Prunella and Penelope, surpassed the paternal 

 success, great as that had been. The fourth Duke 

 won the Derby once (in 1815, with Whisker), the 

 Oaks six times (in 1813, 1815, 1822, 1823, 1828, and 

 1831, with Music, Minuet, Pastille, Zinc, Turquoise, 

 and Oxygen), the Two Thousand five times (in 1820, 

 1821, 1822, 1826, and 1827, with Pindarrie, Eeginald, 

 Pastille, Dervise, and Turcoman), and he almost 

 * farmed ' the One Thousand from 1819 to 1827, since 

 Lord Jersey's Cobweb (in 1824) alone broke the con- 

 tinuity of his successes, with Catgut, Eowena, Zeal, 

 "Whizgig, Zinc, Tontine, Problem, and Arab. 



The Duke of Hamilton is the eighth, who suc- 

 ceeded to the title on the death of his brother (at an 

 early age) in 1769, and died s.p. in 1799. He ran 

 Hercules for a Jockey Club Plate in 1778, and fulfilled 

 all the traditions of the Club, having been divorced, 

 ' at the suit of her Grace,' in 1777-78, on account of 

 his relations with a Mrs. Esterre, and having run for 

 Derby, Oaks, and St. Leger, but he was completely 

 overshadowed on the Turf by his uncle and successor, 

 Lord Archibald Hamilton, the ' cock of the North.' 



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