The Second Earl of Wilton 



Weimar, and Lords Warwick and Cardigan. There were 

 seventeen runners, and, after numerous accidents, the finish 

 was confined to Cinderella, belonging to Captain Powell, and 

 ridden by her owner, and Marengo, the mount of Captain 

 Banke, the former winning by a short half-length after a 

 tremendous race from the distance. 



In 1847 the meeting was again held at Warwick, the 

 course being in a very hard state, and this time Captain Powell 

 on Culverthorpe had to put up with third place, being a length 

 behind Matchless, ridden by Lord Cosmo Russell, who in his 

 turn was beaten a neck by The Roarer, the mount of Sir 

 E. Poore. 



Captain Powell rode Culverthorpe into fifth place in the 

 Liverpool of the same year, won by Matthew ; his last mount 

 in the race being in 1849 (Peter Simple's year), when he 

 rode The Curate, who, starting second favourite at 6 to i, 

 fell and broke his back, happily without injury to his rider. 



THE SECOND EARL OF WILTON 



(Mr. "Clarke" ) 



When in the smoking-room of a club, as is not unfrequently 

 the case, the merits of the different horsemen of their ac- 

 quaintance is under discussion, and a member gives his opinion 

 that so and so is, or was, the finest horseman in England, 

 it would be safe to lay extravagant odds that he will find 

 plenty of people to differ from him. However, there is one 

 horseman whose claim to the title we have never heard 

 disputed yet, and do not suppose ever shall, and that was the 



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