84 Sporting and Rural Records of the Clieveley Estate. 



Cheveley. from Sir Charles Bunbury. In 1810 his stud rose to six, and 



, ^ , , included Salvator, who was sold to go to Jamaica. The Oaks fell 

 >hn Duke of . 



Rutland. to his lot in 181 i, with Sorcery, by Sorcerer, ridden by Sam 



Chifney ; and, unlike modern Oaks winners, she was credited with 



seven races the following year. During the next few seasons he 



kept from seven to eleven horses in training, and the number at no 



period of his racing career exceeded twelve. In 181 4 the Selim 



blood produced him another Oaks winner in Medora, the runners-up 



being two of the " Grafton Scarlets " — to wit. Vestal and Wire (own 



sister to Whalebone). Rhoda won the One Thousand in 1816, 



but was " nowhere" to Landscape for the Oaks of that year ; and 



it was not till 1828, when he had only four horses in training, 



that he brought out Cadland, a son of Sorcery, by Andrew, who 



followed up his Two Thousand Guineas victory by winning the 



Wins Derby, after a dead heat with The Colonel. Robinson fancied 



that The Colonel was a softer horse than the Malton brothers 



supposed, and made such steady running in the second heat 



that the future St. Leger winner could never get quite up. 



Indeed, it was afterwards generally admitted that in the deciding 



heat Jem Robinson fairlv out rode Bill Scott. Both Cadland and 



The Colonel were among the eight (averaged at 3000 guineas 



a-piece) which drew up at the post on the memorable Ascot Cup 



dav of the following vear, but in that race they could not come 



near Zinganee and Mameluke. Cadland's form had, however, 



by no means deserted him, as he and Oppidan won about five 



races each in 1830, during which he avenged himself on Zinganee 



for The Whip; and in 1831 he met and beat Varna for a Fifty 



Pound Plate, after a dead heat, over the last three miles of 



the B.C. Quadrille, Armadillo, and Scarborough were also fair 



performers, and Ranksboro', in 18 15, gave 51b. and defeated the 



Duke of York's Pretty Poll cleverly in a T.Y.C. match, which was 



made up in the drawing-room at Cheveley. Rat-trap's Newmarket 



running had been so promising that he started for the Derby of 



1837 first favourite, with only 7 to 4 against him, and finished 



ihe Derby with 

 Cadland. 



