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Scotch Galloway (01-^500. Other horses engaged were Lcadcnlicfts, Post Ji>-y, Duny, 

 and Sir Robert Howard's Cr<>/>, who was matched against Mr. May's DIH^H. 

 Mr. I-'rampton and Mr. Ashton also matched their mares for three hundred guineas. 

 In 168.2 there was very heavy betting. Sir Robert Carr lost five or six thousand 

 pounds in a few matches. In one of them the betting was 6 to 4 on his horse /W I;oy, 

 who was beaten by His Majesty's Jl/ottse, which must in some measure have consoled 

 the King for the defeat of his other entry, Cork, by Mr. Rider's French horse. This 



Mr. /'. l\inti>ris " /M/nfrfy" own brother In "Hay Helton." 

 From Ihr original painting in Ike pouetsion of Mi. Leopold tie RolktckilJ. 



was in the March meeting. In October, Colonel Aston's Guard Horse was beaten by 

 Sir Robert Geere's Tcagiie, and the crowding at the winning-post caused this latter 

 rider a very nasty accident, as the ground was like iron beneath and slippery above. 

 Mr. Hevingham sold his stud about this time, and retired, to be Mayor of Thetford, 

 attracted by the splendours of the scarlet gown which had just been accorded that 

 official. The most interesting event in this year's racing was the match betwi < n 

 Why Not and Dragon, which I have discussed in describing the career of Mr. 

 Tregonwell Frampton, in Chapter VI. ; and in that place my reasons are stated for 



