Lord Marcus Beresford 



Mr. Thirlwell won a race for him once at Lewes, and was 

 objected to afterwards by Mr. Bevill for bumping ; but it 

 came to nothing, as, though his mount hung towards the others, 

 it was palpable he had the race in hand. On hearing of the 

 objection, John Nightingall remarked, in his dry way, " What 

 for ? Winning too far ? " 



LORD MARCUS BERESFORD 



It seems but yesterday, so vivid is the scene in our memory, 

 that we made one of an interested group of spectators who 

 assembled in the big billiard-room at the Washington, at 

 Liverpool, on the night before the Grand National of 1876, 

 won by Regal, formed a ring round two gentlemen in evening 

 dress, who, with betting books out, were busy pencilling down 

 a series of fancy bets on the great race of the morrow. One of 

 the twain was the late Captain Machell, the other Lord 

 Marcus Beresford, the horses they were backing against each 

 other in their places being respectively Chandos and Chimney 

 Sweep, belonging to themselves; and seeing that Chandos, 

 who started one of the hottest favourites on record, fell in the 

 course of the race, and Chimney Sweep — who, by the way, 

 was his owner's second charger when in the 7th Hussars — was 

 fourth, the presumption is that Lord Marcus came off best in 

 the duel. 



Another penny in the slot and this time the scene changes 

 to Croydon — dear, merry old Croydon. Who is the jockey, 

 pale in the face, with his head swathed in surgical bandages ? 

 Surely not " Lord Marky," who came such a cropper the 



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