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sports to him) about 1868, and returned to the Turf 

 only in the character of adviser and coadjutor to 

 Lord Hartington. Lord Westmorland (who had 

 served his country both in India, and in the Crimea 

 as aide-de-camp to Lord Raglan) never owned any 

 very noted horse, though with Eama he managed 

 to beat the famous Lord Lyon for the Doncaster Cup 

 in 1866 ; and he was once owner of Marigold, the 

 dam of Doncaster (sire of Bend Or, sire of Ormonde). 

 His great disaster was in 1863, when the discovery 

 that the scales had been tampered with prevented the 

 race for the Cambridgeshire (together with bets to the 

 tune of many thousands of pounds) from being given 

 to his horse Merry Hart, second to Catch-'em-Alive, 

 which latter would have been disqualified but for the 

 timely discovery referred to. 



Mr. (the Hon.) Edward Petre was also among the 

 ' shocking examples,' for though he won four St. 

 Legers, once with Theodore (at odds of ' 100L to a 

 walking-stick ' against him) in 1822, and three years 

 running (1827, 1828, and 1829) with Matilda, The 

 Colonel, and Eowton, yet his end is said to have been 

 1 sold up.' He belonged to a family which is especially 

 interesting, because one of its members was he who, by 

 stealing a lock of hair from the beautiful Arabella 

 Ferrnor, gave Pope the subject for the finest mock- 

 heroic poem in existence. 



