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Mr. Udny's "Emi/ius" (1820) by "Orvillc." 



sons, EmiliuS) won the 

 Derby of 1823, and 

 became the sire of 

 Pic n ipote n tia ry and 

 other good ones. His 

 get were all so good- 

 looking that Recovery 

 was chosen as a model 

 for the old monument 

 to the Duke of 

 Wellington. As a typi- 

 cal mare of the same 

 period I have repro- 

 duced Mus Coiner. 

 Colonel Mellish won his second consecutive St. Leger in 1805 with that capital 



bay colt Stave ley by Shuttle, and, as was only to be expected with such an owner, the 



betting was terrific. The popular colonel had won the year before with Sancho, who 



beat Lord Darlington's Pavilion (by Waxy] in 1805, another of Chalon's tall horses, 



painted, with Chifney up, in the picture from which I reproduce W. Ward's 



engraving. If only the gallant hussar had left the dicebox alone his career 



throughout would have 



been as successful and 



as honourable as it was 



upon the Turf. The 



son of the Squire of 



Blyth, near Doncaster, 



with a large mansion 



and noble; estate, young 



Mellish entered upon 



life with more than 



usual promise. His 



reputation for scholar- 

 ship extended beyond 



his school career, and 



SOOn after he had " Kecomy" (1827) by Kmitius. 



