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A HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH TURF. 



was foreshadowed in my description of Racing Society at the Restoration. It formed 

 one of the bitterest weapons in the stinging invective of " Junius" later on. He 

 succeeded to the title in 1757 when he was twenty-two, and if his morals somewhat 

 too faithfully reflected the accidents of his origin, he was, at any rate, above reproach 

 as a racing Prime Minister; for he owned Prunella, Penelope, and Parasol ; he won 

 the Derby with Tyrant (1802), with Waxy Pope (1809), and Whalebone ( 1 8 1 o), and 



the Oaks stands twice to 

 his credit with' Pelisse in 

 1804 and Morel {our years 

 afterwards, just three 

 years before his death. 

 " Nimrod " calls him a 

 keen sportsman and an 

 excellent judge of racing, 

 and one of" the few great 

 winners amongst great 

 men." His horses were 

 well and honestly ridden 

 by South, and the success 

 of those just named may 

 chiefly be traced to one 

 mare, Julia by Blank. 

 She was bred by Mr. 

 Panton, and her blood 

 goes back to Bay Bolton, 

 the Darley Arabian, the 

 Byerlcy Turk, and even 

 the Taffolet Barb. At 

 seven years old she was 

 put into the Duke's stud and produced Promise (by Stia/>) who was the dam of Prunella 

 (by Highflyci\ and of her offspring the Stud Book is more eloquent than any praise. 

 Another Duke who was famous off the Turf, and often ran on it, was Evelyn Pierre- 

 point, who became the (last) Duke of Kingston in 1726. He also was a member 

 of the young and famous Club, and when his stud was sold in 1774, after his death, 

 Scaramouch by Snap, and Cronie by Careless, were both thought worthy of purchase 



Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton 

 and Brandon, and Duchess of Argyll. 



