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them altogether in 1851 for Hove, near Brighton, 

 where he died, aged sixty-eight, in 1854. Mr. Thorn- 

 hill's yellow phaeton was one of the sights of New- 

 market towards the end of his life, but at the date of 

 Sam, Shoveler, and Sailor, when he was about forty 

 years old, he rode on horseback regularly on the 

 Heath, though he weighed the Daniel-Lambert-like 

 weight of more than 23 stone, having been fortunate 

 enough to fall in with a Mr. Dobito, a sporting farmer 

 in Suffolk, who, bearing an avoirdupois similarity to 

 Mr. Thornhill, had given his mind to the breeding 

 and training of roadsters up to that weight. Mr. H. 

 Vansittart (belonging to the family of Shottesbrook 

 and Foot's Cray) is notable as having married in 

 1812 Teresa, widow of the famous young Northern 

 racer Sir Charles Turner (once owner of Bening- 

 brough, Hambletonian, and Oberon), whereby he 

 became Mr. Vansittart of Kirkleatham, York, J.P., 

 D.L., and High Sheriff, and as having ' split ' Mr. 

 Bidsdale's St. Giles (an easy winner) and Trustee 

 (third) with Perion for the Derby of 1832. He died 

 in 1848, and is therefore, naturally, on the official 

 list of members of the Jockey Club in 1835. Mr. 

 (Henry) Vernon, of Hilton Park, near Wolverhampton, 

 has claims to special mention, as regards the Turf, 

 because he was nephew of the memorable Mr. ' Jockey ' 

 Vernon, the oracle of Newmarket, and, as regards 

 matters in general, because he was the gentleman 

 who made a voyage to the Crimea (or travelled in the 



