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father's fields at Welbeck, will never be forgotten, 

 He won the Two Thousand in 1838 with Grey Momus ; 

 the Two Thousand, One Thousand, and Oaks in 1840 

 with Crucifix ; the One Thousand in 1837 with 

 Chapeau d'Espagne, and in 1842 with Firebrand; 

 the Ascot Cup with Grey Momus in 1838, and the 

 Goodwood Cup with Miss Elis in 1845 ; and he just 

 missed the ' blue ribbon ' (for which he had hungered 

 and thirsted so long) by the sale (in 1846) of Surplice, 

 winner of the Derby in 1848 (the very year in which 

 Lord George died, September 21, aged only forty-six). 



The famous Lord Palmerston, again, will always 

 be held in remembrance. He was one of the stars of 

 the Jockey Club, though his success upon the Turf 

 was infinitesimal, notwithstanding his hopes of the 

 Derby in 1860 with Mainstone (by King Tom), and 

 his winning of the Cesarewitch with the variously 

 pronounced Iliona in 1841, and his diligent patronage 

 of John Day, the trainer. 



Sir Samuel Martin is almost historical, too, for he 

 was a famous judge ; and, if his membership of the 

 Jockey Club was only honorary, he was devoted to the 

 Turf, and is said to have been nominated, with Mr. 

 Eudston Eead, one of the executors in the will of Mr. 

 John Scott, the celebrated trainer at Whitewall. 



Sir Kichard Wallace, the philanthropic, reputed 

 son of the eccentric Lord Henry Seymour (of racing 

 renown in France, and a son of a Marquess of Hertford) 

 is another honorary member, whose generous qualities 



