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Remembrancer in 1803) was a great racing man, 

 owner of Saccharometer (unbeaten as a two-year- old, 

 and equal in the betting with Macaroni for the Derby 

 of 1803), and challenged for both the Jockey Club Cup 

 and the Whip with Mouravieff in 1861, but was quite 

 overshadowed by his relative Mr. Bowes (also a 

 member of the Jockey Club) upon the Turf. He 

 died in 1865. 



The (third) Earl of Wilton, winner of the St. 

 Leger with Wenlock in 1872, succeeded to the title 

 and estates of his maternal grandfather (the first 

 Earl of Wilton) in 1814, and died (only the other day 

 comparatively) March 7, 1882, at the age of eighty- 

 two. He had three great horses, and only three great 

 ones, in his life : Gladiator (second to Bay Middleton 

 for the Derby of 1836, and perhaps the very best sire 

 the French ever purchased from us, giving 2,500/. for 

 him in 1846), the aforesaid Wenlock, and Seesaw (a 

 sensational winner of the Cambridgeshire, and the 

 sire of Bruce, winner of the Grand Prix de Paris in 

 1882). But it was a3 a rider, whether on the flat or 

 across country, that Lord Wilton was so admirable ; 

 it is said that no gentleman or even professional 

 jockey could ' touch him.' He deserved well of the 

 public by the establishment of races at Heaton Park ; 

 but the public showed such multitudinous appreciation 

 that he was obliged to try (ineffectually) exclusive 

 measures, and was probably glad when the meeting 

 was moved to Liverpool (in 1839). He was a most 



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