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ownecl (and apparently bred) the own brothers Ditto 

 and Walton (a great sire, of St. Patrick, winner of the 

 St. Leger, and of Partisan, &c.) and their half-brother 

 Pan ; but that is enough for a single member of the 

 Jockey Club. 



Sir Mark Wood, who received forfeit for the Jockey 

 Club Challenge Cup both with Lucetta (by Eeveller) 

 in 1830 and with Camarine (by Juniper) in ] 832, was 

 he whose early death in 1837 was so deeply regretted 

 by the friends of the Turf. He had been racing since 

 1829 only, after selling his ' estate and borough of 

 Gatton, in Surrey, to Lord Monson for 180,000/.' — of 

 which sum (such was the value of a ' borough ' in the 

 ' good old times ') it is calculated that Lord Monson 

 lost about 100,000L by the passing of the Eeform Bill 

 — and removed to Hare Park, Newmarket. Sir Mark 

 ' illustrated ' both himself and the Turf by the per- 

 formances of his two famous mares, already men- 

 tioned (of which Camarine was bred by the eccentric 

 Lord Berners, and Lucetta by Mr. Stanlake Batson 

 — neither by Sir Mark himself), a pair surpassing, 

 perhaps, the excellence in performance of the cele- 

 brated Beeswing and Alice Hawthorne, though neither 

 of the former produced a Newminster or a Thormanby, 

 or even a Nunnykirk or an Oulston. Sir Mark won 

 the Ascot Cup in 1830-31-32 ; the Oaks in 1833 ; the 

 One Thousand in 1831 ; and yet his whole stud (at 

 the sale which took place after his death), consisting 

 of six brood-mares, seven horses in training, three 



