carried all before tlieui. The sou of Orlando and Queen's Head became a great 

 favourite for the St. Leger, for -which his chance was undoubtedly great, M'hen he 

 unfortunately broke down, and the turf knew him no more. This horse was bought at 

 the Ilampton Court sale for 410 guineas, but Beadsman was the produce of Weatherbit 

 and the high-priced Mendicant, for whose failure he amply recompensed Sir Joseph when 

 the Derby winnings came in, and has done yet more for him by the excellence of his stock. 

 We believe a walk-over at Stockbridge was nearly his only performance after winning 

 the Derby, though he found an admirable successor in the Tickhill-bred Musjid, who so 

 far carried out his two-year-old promise as just to do Marionette, Trumpeter, and Pro- 

 mised Laud for the Derby, when his legs failed him ; and in a stud career which death 

 closed earlj-, he has left us nothing particidar by which to remember him. We then 

 find Sii- Joseph with nothing \evy good until the lucky purchase of Asteroid from Admiral 

 Eons put him in possession of about the best horse of his day, and added the Ascot and 

 Chester Cups to his sideboard trophies, besides a host of other good things too numerous 

 to mention in an article of this description. Ijut the bonny bay at length, after showing 

 his wiry frame in all parts of England, was put on the retired list, and the first of the 

 Beadsman's gave little promise of the goodly harvest that was yet to come ; while Wells 

 Avas oftencr seen at the post for great stakes in the blue and orange tlian in the cherry and 

 black, until The Palmer came out a hot favourite at Ascot for the Maiden Plate, which he 

 Avon, beating a large field Avith D'Estournel amongst them, and forthwith brought his 

 Derby chance into notice. How he AA^as beaten for that race, hoAV he subsequently 

 trained on, and the form he showed last autumn, are now become matters of histor3^ But 

 a still more formidable detachment was added to the Ivingsclero string the next year in 

 Blue Gown, Rosicruciau, and Green Sleeve. The former, after being beaten by Lady 

 Elizabeth, Grimston, and Co., and being denounced as "short," "a pig of ahorse," besides 

 having sundry other choice epithets bestoAVcd iipon liim, electrified the sporting Avorld by 

 the wayiuAA'hich he carried an imknown weight, " making mincemeat " of his held in the 

 Champagne at Doncaster. It Avas surmised for a time that the _fi'asco Avould sever the 

 long connection between Sir Joseph and Wells. The other Beadsman's, by runnjng first 

 and second in the Middle Park Plate, as well as winning the Criterion after Blue GoAvn 

 had placed the Clearwell to his credit, almost made it look as though, like Edwards of 

 old, Sir Joseph had a whole team in his stable capable of winning the Derby. When 

 Blue GoAvn was at length sent to the right-about, the war waxed hot between the 

 partisans of Rosicruciau and Green SlecA'C. But the Spring found only the despised one 

 Avith his two-year-old form remaining, and in spite of the certainty it Avas considered 

 for the Danebury mare, the public lumped their money on Blue GoAvn, and Wells 

 won Sir Joseph his fourth Derby on " the people's horse." The Avonderful weight- 

 carrying powers Blue Goavu showed in the autumn raised a hot and Avithal unprofitable 

 discussion as to his being the best horse of the century, which, after all, can be but 

 matter of opinion Avhere no trial is obtainable; and noAV, since he this Spring has 

 beaten Blueskin with difficulty, and been bowled over by Vespasian, he will probably 

 be decried for as great an imposter as he was before a Avonder. From some cause, 

 probably hard work, he appears to have lost his once great form, and Ave shall most 

 probably next hear of iiim as a stud hero. Meanwhile, there is another of the family 

 that must not escape our notice, and in naming Poro Gomez Ave mention one of the best 

 two-year-olds of his year, and a promising aspirant for Derby honours. Whether he is 

 destined to bo enrolled iu " Weatherby " as the actual AAdnnor or not, he has yet done Avell 

 for the fame of his breeder, aud Sir Joseph's name will be handed doAvn to posterity as 

 the producer and owner of some of the best horses that have ever trod the turf. We say 

 this advisedly; for if Teddington, Blue GoAvn, and Asteroid are not the best Ave have 

 seen — and Ave by no means assert them to be so, they have run in such company and 

 vmder such weights as few have attempted, and, instead of confining their jousts to those 

 of their OAvn year, have thrown down the gauntlet to the best of all ages. Not only as 

 a successful breeder and straightforward o\\-ner Avill Sir Joseph be remembered, but also 

 for his attempt, whether it prove successful or (like Lord Coventry's equally desu-able 

 motion) is cast on one side, to ameliorate some of the labours from which two-j'ear-olds 

 now suftcr. We may add that his name will be handed doAvn to posterity as a humane 

 man as Avcll as a good sportsmar. 



