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So far as can be ascertained Lord Railton made his first Saxton Hall. 

 appearance as the owner of racehorses at the Newmarket Spring 

 Meeting of 1708, with a match with Chuff, 8st. ylb., against Lord Godolphin. 

 Hervey's Ganderguts, gst., six miles, for 200 guineas, half forfeit. 

 In the following year he ran Chance, Cracknut, Clublegg, and an 

 unnamed mare. This mare was matched against Queen Anne's 

 Grey Pegg, lost. each, four miles, for 200 guineas, half forfeit, at 

 the Autumn Meeting of 1 709. The match came off on October 9, 

 and was won by Lord Railton's mare. It is a singular (and 

 unique) circumstance that the stake was paid to him through the 

 Office of the Master of the Horse, by Charles, sixth Duke of 

 Somerset, who was then at the head of that department. The 

 reason of that extraordinary proceeding is, of course, obvious. 

 This mare and one or two other horses belonging to him were 

 matched to run at Newmarket down to the Autumn meeting of 

 I 712, when, by the death of his father, he became the second Earl 

 of Godolphin. During the next five years he had some matches His Career on 

 with Higlow, Potatoe, and others, but was not very successful 

 with them. At the Autumn Meeting, 1718, he received forfeit in 

 a match with Dwarf against the Duke of Rutland's Bagpipe, 

 8st. 31b. each, for 200 guineas ; and paid forfeit in a match with 

 the Duke of Somerset, and in another with the Duke of Devon- 

 shire. With this horse. Spark, and Bustard he made some 

 matches during the next two years, but lost or paid forfeit in 

 most of them. In 1720 he brought out Bobsey, with whom he 

 won The Noblemen's Contribution-money, for five-years-old 

 horses, 9st. each, at the Autumn Meeting, beating eight others. 

 At the following Spring Meeting Bobsey ran, and won a four-mile 

 match for 200 guineas against the Duke of Somerset's Pug, giving 

 him 51b. ; and received forfeit in another four-mile match with the 

 Duke of Somerset's Byerly colt, gst., for 200 guineas half forfeit. 

 At the ensuing Autumn meeting Bobsey won the King's Plate of 

 100 guineas, for six-years-old horses, i2St., four-mile heats, 

 beating five others ; and walked over for another King's Plate at 



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