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His sporting owner re- 

 fused an offer of 4,000 

 guineas two months 

 before the race from 

 parties who had bet 

 heavily against him, on 

 the very proper ground 

 that " till after the St. 

 Leger he was the pro- 

 perty of the public." 

 Who the would-be pur- 

 chasers were may be 

 guessed from the fact 

 that Gully had netted 

 (i) 1,000 to 25 that Memnon and Alderman were first and second ; (2) 1,000 to 20 

 that he placed these two horses; (3) 1,500 to 1,000 that if first and second were 

 their places, Memnon would be first. Memnon was by Whisker, and Whalebone had 

 two good sons about the same time.' The first was Sir Hercules, who was third to 

 Rowton and Voltaire, in 1829, won the Claret Stakes of 1830, and became the sire of 

 Birdcatcher, Maria, Gemma di Vergy, and many other good ones ; the second was 

 Spaniel (" with hide of silk and heart of oak "), who won the Derby of 1831. I have 



already spoken of the 



" Oxygen " (1828) by " Emilins." 







's fer" (1828) by "Lottery." 



beauty of Emili'us get ; 

 his reputation was yet 

 further increased by the 

 victory of Oxygen for 

 the Oaks in 1831. The 

 St. Leger of the same 

 year was won by Lord 

 Cleveland's Chorister, 

 the first of Lottery's 

 stock to race, who only 

 just beat The Saddler, 

 after an exciting finish, 

 by a head. 



