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Beadsman (bred by himself), with Musjid (purchased, 

 it is said, by advice of the present Lord Alington, then 

 Mr. Gerard Sturt, and bred by Mr. E. G. Lumley), 

 and with Blue Gown (bred by himself), in the year 

 when Lady Elizabeth was favourite, and when he 

 * declared to win ' with Bosicrucian or Green Sleeve 

 in preference to Blue Gown. He won the Two Thou- 

 sand with Eitz-Boland in 1858 ; the Oaks in 1847 

 with Miami ; the One Thousand with Aphrodite in 

 1851 ; the St. Leger with Pero Gomez (the horse that 

 ' ought to have won the Derby ') in 1869 ; the Ascot 

 Cup with Teddington, Asteroid, and Blue Gown in 

 1853, 1862, and 1868; the Goodwood Cup with 

 Siderolite in 1870; and he shocked his brethren of 

 the Jockey Club by the introduction of revolutionary 

 measures (1869-1870) concerning two-year-old racing 

 and the admission of un-aristocratic persons as 

 members of the Jockey Club. He betted on a 

 gigantic scale, thereby setting an evil example ; but 

 he was a man of learning, science, and literary ability 

 of no common order, and he collected at Leybourne a 

 magnificent library. 



Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Bart., the extraordinarily 

 popular ' perpetual Steward of Epsom races ' (jointly 

 with Baron de Teissier), predecessor of the present 

 Lord Rosebery at ' The Durdans,' belonged to a 

 family known from very early times upon the Turf, 

 and was remarkable for winning the Derby of 1838 

 with the outsider Amato (buried in his grounds), that 



