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ran Smiling Betty at Hambleton and (as Lord 

 Kinnoul) ran her again at the same place in 1722. 



Lord Vivian (Charles Crespigny, second Baron), 

 who, with Lord Hardwicke, was very pronounced in 

 his anti-Gallican sentiments at the time (1876-77, 

 when he was quite a new member of the Jockey Club) 

 of Lord Falmouth's ' Reciprocity ' agitation, is another 

 of those to whom common report, rightly or wrongly, 

 attributes badly burnt fingers from playing with the 

 Turf. 



Mr. (the Hon.) Berkeley Craven (winner of the 

 Oaks with Bronze in 1806, and once at least a Steward 

 of the Jockey Club) is one of the most deplorable 

 cases among the ' shocking examples,' for this poor 

 gentleman, in consequence of a fear that he might not 

 be able to meet his losses incurred by betting against 

 Bay Middleton for the Derby of 1836, shot himself on 

 the night of the Derby Day. And what made the 

 affair more melancholy was that (it is stated) he would 

 have recouped himself over the Oaks, had he waited 

 till the next day (for the Derby was then run on 

 Thursday, the Oaks on Friday). Nor was such not 

 altogether condemnable sensitiveness always confined 

 to the noblemen and gentlemen of the Jockey Club ; 

 for in Smolensko's year (1813) a 'bettor round' (or 

 1 bookmaker,' as we should now say), a Mr. Robert 

 Brograve, shot himself rather than face creditors to 

 whom he owed 8,000/. (which he had laid against 

 Smolensko) with but4,000L (which he had at his bank). 



