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was very great, and considering that his opponent was the 

 astute and almost invincible Sir Joseph Hawley, the triumph 

 of Mr. Clayton's home-trained horse was a great achievement, 

 and so far stands alone in the annals of the Turf." 



That Lozenge was something out of the common was 

 proved the following year, when, giving away 4 lbs., he beat 

 Knight of the Garter over the Rowley Mile by a head, after 

 a terrific set to. 



For many years Mr. Clayton managed the race horses 

 belonging to his lifelong friend, the late Lord Penrhyn, trained 

 by Cole, at Exton, Rutlandshire, where he still has a few of 

 his own. 



When we add that, in spite of his seventy odd years, he is 

 as constant as ever in his attendance at the meets of the 

 Cottesmore and Belvoir hounds, and is looking forward with 

 all the ardour of youth to sporting silk, as usual, in the private 

 sweepstakes at Croxton Park in the spring, we think we are 

 justified in prophesying that the subject of this memoir may be 

 safely backed against the " old gentleman with the scythe " 

 for many a long day to come. 



The Rev. E. T. DRAKE 



That the Drakes, of Shardeloes, have been a family of horse- 

 men from time immemorial is proverbial ; but it is questionable 

 if any one of their number, and they were all good men, 

 ever showed such marked superiority in the saddle as did 

 the subject of our memoir, and an admirer might well 

 remark that the same day the Church claimed Edward Drake 



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