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The (sixth) Viscount Falmouth, who married 

 Baroness le Despencer, a peeress in her own right, 

 is a household word. He won ' everything,' to speak 

 loosely ; he never betted — after he took to racing and 

 breeding at any rate ; and by stakes and the sale of 

 his stock is calculated to have made quite 200,000Z. 

 His successful horses were legion, and he was winner 

 of the Derby in 1870 with Kingcraft, and in 1877 with 

 Silvio ; of the Oaks in 1863, 1875, 1878, and 1879, 

 with Queen Bertha, Spinaway, Jannette, and Wheel 

 of Fortune ; of the Two Thousand in 1874, 1879, and 

 1883, with Atlantic, Charibert, and Galliard ; of the 

 One Thousand in 1862, 1873, 1875, and 1879, with 

 Hurricane, Cecilia, Spinaway, and Wheel of Fortune ; 

 and of the St. Leger in 1877, 1878, and 1882, with 

 Silvio, Jannette, and Dutch Oven. The story of his 

 one bet, after he became a racing man in his own name 

 and ceased to be 'Mr. Valentine,' is variously told, 

 but it related to Queen Bertha, winner of the Oaks 

 in 1863 ; it varies in amount, according to the story- 

 teller, from half-a-sovereign to sixpence, and it was 

 paid, according to the story-teller's fancy, to Mrs, 

 Scott or to John Scott (Lord Falmouth's then trainer) 

 in the form of a handsome brooch or scarf-pin, with 

 the particular coin as a portion of the ornament. 



Lord Londesborough (first Baron) won the Oaks 

 with Summerside in 1859 (the year before his death), 

 and had already won the Ascot Cup with West 

 Australian (sire of Summerside) in 1854, and was 



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