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Ormonde, and dam of Sceptre, Collar, Labrador and 

 other great winners ; but he did not really like either of 

 these mares and sold all their stock, with the exception 

 of Orme. I myself bought from him three daughters of 

 Angelica. 



Thus, it may be seen that the Duke of Westminster 

 owed his fortune on the Turf more to good luck than 

 to any heaven-born instinct of his own ; for had not 

 Doncaster been more or less thrust on him by Robert 

 Peck, after the horse had been refused by the old 

 Cobham Stud Company, it is questionable whether 

 the Duke would ever have figured at all on the Turf, to 

 any appreciable extent. Still it must be admitted that 

 most of us owe such successes as we gain to some 

 initial accident, and in that sense the Duke of West- 

 minster was certainly entitled to his fame. 



Of less distinction on the Turf, because to some 

 extent he was overshadowed by the memory of his 

 famous father, the late Viscount Falmouth was one of 

 the best of men and most genuine of sportsmen. No 

 one who knew him could fail to appreciate this ; and 

 in his unobtrusive way he continued to breed on the old 

 lines and with some additions one of which produced 

 Quintessence and her sons, Clarissimus and Paragon. 

 Lord Falmouth did good work as a Steward of the 

 Jockey Club, and he was a gallant soldier in his day. 

 Willie Waugh, who trained for him, never, I think, had 

 an employer to whom he was so thoroughly attached. 

 It was Willie Waugh who got me to go down and see 

 the stud and write about it before the final sale ; also 

 to take Amadis and keep him for a season at Cobham, 

 with a view to making a sale of him in July. All 

 this was done by him, without any idea of personal 



