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'ranehe' in 1885. He was not unknown on the 

 Turf as Lord Guernsey, but it was as Lord Aylesford 

 that he covered himself and the Jockey Club with as 

 much glory as can be derived from covering other 

 people with flour ' shied ' in bags from a drag on the 

 way to London after the Derby. That is ' the sort 

 of man he was.' 



As for Lord Courtenay (afterwards twelfth Earl 

 of Devon, who died on January 15, 1891), he was 

 so badly hit that he had to retire from the Jockey 

 Club, after a certain number of years' membership, 

 some time between 1869 and 1872. Nor had he any- 

 thing to show for his financial ruin (which was sup- 

 posed to be caused by betting on the Turf principally) ; 

 for, though he may have had a share in many race- 

 horses, and though his colours (violet, green sleeves, 

 and white cap) were duly registered, memory fails 

 to recall a single notable success won by him. 



The next is (the third) Lord Eirblesdale (whose 

 family name of Lister recalls memories of the ' Lister 

 Turk,' and is eloquent of hereditary horse-raciness), of 

 Gisburn Park, West Eiding, Yorkshire, whose melan- 

 choly death (by his own hand, it is said) at Geneva in 

 1876, gave rise to sinister rumours, whether founded 

 or unfounded, of misfortune connected with the Turf, 

 as is always the case when the person who is the 

 subject of the rumours has to do with horses and 

 horse-racing. 



Of (the third) Viscount St. Vincent, winner of the 



