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of Stables to the Prince of Wales), the Duke of West- 

 minster (a P.C. and a Master of the Horse), General 

 Owen Williams (a distinguished officer), and the Earl 

 of Zetland (Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland). No doubt 

 some of the posts held by these noblemen and gentle- 

 men are ' no great shakes ' ; but in these days, when 

 every appointment is so closely scrutinised, to hold the 

 least of them is more indicative of worth than it would 

 have been in days gone by, and the holders of them, 

 taken all together, form as competent a Board of Con- 

 trol for the Turf as heart could desire. 



Of the present members the most successful upon 

 the Turf have been (to go by the ' classic ' races only) 

 Lord Alington (confederate with Sir F. Johnstone) 

 with Common ; the Duke of Beaufort with Yauban, 

 Petronel, Siberia, Scottish Queen, Beve d'Or ; Sir 

 Bobert Jardine (represented by Mr. J. Johnstone) with 

 Pretender, Bothwell ; the Duke of Westminster with 

 Shotover, Ormonde, Farewell, Bend Or ; Mr. Douglas 

 Baird with Enterprise, Enthusiast, Briar-Boot ; the 

 Duke of Portland with Ayrshire, Semolina, Donovan, 

 and Memoir ; General (Colonel) Pearson with Achieve- 

 ment ; Lord Hartington with Belphcebe ; the Duke of 

 Hamilton with Miss Jummy, Ossian ; Mr. Chaplin with 

 Hermit; Sir F. Johnstone (sometimes confederate 

 with Lord Alington) with St. Blaise, Brigantine ; Lord 

 Hastings with Melton ; Lord Cadogan with Lonely ; 

 Lord Calthorpe with Seabreeze; Lord B. Churchill with 

 L'Abbesse de Jouarre ; Lord Bodney with Kilwarlin. 



