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the Emperor's Plate) with the Emperor (imported 

 into France, where he became joint sire of the famous 

 Monarque, and died in 1851), by Defence. His un- 

 fortunate horse Ealph (a son of the celebrated Dr. 

 Syntax) is said to have been poisoned just before the 

 race for the Ascot Cup, and (though he won) to have 

 died soon afterwards, whereby a valuable ' cross ' was 

 lost. 



The (fourth) Earl of Annesley (died 1874) won 

 the Goodwood Gup in 1860 with Sweetsauce. 



The (thirteenth) Earl of Eglinton, it is scarcely 

 necessary to say, was the famous Lord of the Tourna- 

 ment of Eglinton, one of the most popular members 

 of the Jockey Club ever known. He won the Derby 

 of 1849 with the celebrated horse The Flying Dutch- 

 man (nearly beaten, however, by the half-bred 

 Hotspur, and ultimately imported into France) ; the 

 St. Leger of 1842, 1847, and 1849 with Blue Bonnet, 

 Van Tromp, and The Flying Dutchman ; the Ascot 

 Cup in 1849 and 1850 with Van Tromp and The 

 Flying Dutchman ; the Goodwood Cup in 1848 with 

 Van Tromp ; and, above all, the memorable match in 

 1851 with The Flying Dutchman (5 yrs., 8 st. 8£ lb., 

 ridden by Marlow), against Lord Zetland's Voltigeur 

 (4 yrs., 8 st., ridden by Flatman, alias Nat), for 

 1 ,000 guineas, at York Spring Meeting, distance two 

 miles. 



The (fifth) Earl of Glasgow (who began his career 

 upon the Turf as Viscount Kelburne) was the eccentric 



