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the late General Pearson at his place, Oakley Hall, 

 near Kettering, in Northamptonshire, about three 

 miles from where Count Mokronoski has his breed- 

 ing-stud at the present time. The old General 

 afterwards removed to Sandy, in Bedfordshire, 

 where he died on April 29, 1892. General Pearson 

 took to the turf rather late in life, and it may be 

 said that it was only by an accident that he became 

 an owner of racehorses. He took a far greater 

 interest in the army, and he was the Colonel of the 

 1 2th Lancers, a regiment that has always held a 

 good position in the sporting world. The tale is 

 told, and I have good reason to know that it is 

 correct, that General Pearson w^anted a hack for his 

 wife, and it w^as for this purpose that he purchased 

 — for, I think, eighteen guineas only — a thoroughbred 

 filly by ' Redshank ' (son of ' Sandbeck ') out of 

 ' Delhi,' by ' Plenipotentiary.' This was ' Ellen 

 Home,' a mare that became renowned in Stud Book 

 lore as the dam of that good brood-mare ' Paradigm,' 

 who, to ' Stockwell,' ultimately threw those two 

 smart horses, ' Lord Lyon ' and ' Achievement.' 

 General Pearson was a very hard man with his year- 

 lings. He was always anxious to find out their merits 

 or their demerits, as the case micjht be. Mr. Dover 

 has told me that it was very early in the autumn of 



