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somewhat misled by his zeal for discovering a "remarkable instance of cruelty to 

 brutes." Humanitarianism, even in our own day, is often guilty of such faults in 

 detail. I prefer to believe that Frampton, sharp as he undoubtedly proved himself 

 to be, was too good a sportsman even to contemplate an action that would have been 

 not only brutal but essentially unbusinesslike. If there had been a Derby in his day 

 I do not even think he would have countenanced the entry of a gelding. That 

 remained for our own enlightened times. 



With one more fragmentary piece of evidence, the early part of Frampton's 

 career may be concluded. In 1684 Lord Hatton is informed by Mr. William Gale 

 that " he has a colt by one of the finest Turkish mares in England, who was got by 

 Lord Shattesbury's Turk out of Tregonwell's famous mare Snorting Bess" This 

 Tregonwell must have been of the same family as that of Frampton's mother, from 

 Moreton in Devonshire, and was very possibly his cousin. The connection would 

 be interesting, could it be as certain as it is probable ; for the Natural Barb J\/are 

 of Mr. Tregonwell was the great granddam of the first Byerly Turk Mare (Sir 

 W. Ramsden's) mentioned in the Stud Book ; and from her are descended Julia by 

 Blank, Prunella by Highflyer, Penelope by Trumpator, Prairie Bird by Touchstone, 

 and Minting by Lord Lyon. Among the Derby winners who inherited her staunch 

 qualities are Pope, Whalebone, IVhisker, Bay Middleton, Bend Or, and Ladas ; while 

 the St. Leger has been credited to her family by Hambletonian, Mango, Haiv- 

 thornden, Robert the Devil, and others. The excellence of the strain is still further 

 demonstrated by the careful calculation of Mr. W. Allison which shows that if the 

 results of the Two Thousand, One Thousand, Derby, Oaks, Leger, Ascot Cup, 

 Goodwood Cup, and Doncaster Cup are examined according to the pedigree of 

 their winners, this same mare can be credited with no less than ninety-eight, or 

 seventeen more than any other family ; and if the results of the French Derby, 

 the French Oaks, and the Grand Prix are also added, she still remains fourteen 

 ahead of every other blood -mare in the Stud Book. 



It was in 1689 that Frampton took up his abode at Heath House, an address 

 which many modern turfites will connect with the successes of Huggins and Lord 

 William Beresford. But the names of Lord Falmouth, Matthew Dawson, and 

 Fred Archer are perhaps even more suggestive of the romantic history that this 

 part of Newmarket contains ; nor will it be forgotten that while " Matt's" nephew, 

 George Dawson, resided there, he won a vast amount of money in stakes for 

 the Duke of Portland, besides the Derby on two occasions, with Ayrshire and 



