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Majesty, William IV's encouragement of racing — Mr. Osbal- 

 diston's famous match against time, two hundred miles per- 

 formed in 8 hours and 42 minutes — Mr. Osbaldiston's chal- 

 lenge to the sporting world — Death of Mr. James Weatherby, 

 keeper of the match-book at Newmarket — The Doncaster St. 

 Leger of 1832, '^vith Mr. E. Bond's explanation of his pur- 

 chase of Ludlow — Duel between Mr. Osbaldiston and Mr. 

 Gully — Sporting obituary — The Earl of Scarborough —Lord 

 Amesbury— The Earl of Fitzwilliam — Ralph Riddell, Esq. 

 — Sir Harry Goodricke, and Mr. F. Richardson, with par- 

 ticulars of their connection with the Turf, &c. . . 280 



CHAPTER IX. 



Racing in Great Britain in the years 1634 and 1835— An ac- 

 count of the performances of Plenipotentiary and Glencoe, 

 with their pedigrees — Action tried at York, Ridsdale v. Gulley, 

 for an assault — Death of the Earl of Derby, with a brief notice 

 of his career on the Turf— Deaths of the famous stallions 

 Longwaist and Partisan, with their pedigrees, &c. — The Derby 

 stakes for 1835, won for the first time since their establish- 

 ment by a North country horse — The Oaks' and the Great 

 St. Leger stakes won in the same year, 1835, by the Queen of 

 Trumps, being the first time these two stakes were ever won 

 by the same horse — Her pedigree and performances — Sport- 

 ing Obituary — John Mytton, Esq. — Richard Wilson, Esq. — 

 Richard Shepperd, the trainer — Bartle Atkinson, the jockey 

 and trainer — Wm. Arimll and Benjamin Smith the jockies — 

 Mr. Wm. Beardsworth, &c., &c. . . .319 



CHAPTER X. 



Racing in Great Britain in the years 1836 and 1837 — The winners 

 of the Derby and St. Leger in 1836 — Present of Arabian horses 

 to his Majesty from the Imaum of Muscat — Death of the 

 eccentric " Parson Harvey" — Melancholy suicide of the Hon. 

 Henry Augustus Berkeley Craven — Death of Frank Boyce, the 

 jockey — Remarks on the Derby, Oaks and St. Leger races 

 in 1837. — C. C. Greville, Esq. and the Newmarket St. Leger. 



