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CHAPTER TIL 



Racing in Great Britain from 1805 to 1810— Death of the Earl of Cler- 

 mont, and anecdote of the Right Hon. Charles James Fox's connec- 

 tion with the turf— Samuel Chifney, his death, &c.— George Stubbs, 

 the celebrated horse-painter — Anecdote of Mr. Wentworth — Anec- 

 dote of Mr. Thomas Panton of Newmarket — Race-horses poisoned 

 at Newmarket — Death of the Duke of Queensbury — Anecdotes of, 

 Elegies on, &c. — Richard Goodison — Anecdote of the Duke of 

 Grafton — Sales of Racing studs — Mr. Weston's match against 

 time — Driving one horse in harness 100 miles, in eleven hours and 

 thirty-one and a half minutes — Death of Mr. Edward Tattersall 

 of Hyde Park-Corner — Death of Thomas Field the Jockey. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES &C. IN 1805. 



Newmarket, Craven Meeting, April 7. — The Craven stakes, won by 

 Mr. Arther's br. c. Sir David by Trumpator, four years. Sweep- 

 stakes of 100 gs. each, six subscribers, won by Mr. Sitwell's b c. 

 Clasher by Sir Peter. Sweepstakes of 100 gs. each, h. ft. eighteen 

 subscribers, won by Sir F. Standish's b. c. brother to Stamford by 

 Sir Peter. The first class of the Oatlands' stakes, eight subscri- 

 bers, won by Sir J. Shelley's b. f. Houghton Lass by Sir Peter, four 

 years old. 



Tuesday. — Produce sweepstakes of 100 gs., three subscribers, won 

 by Mr. Wilson's b. f. by Worthy out of Comedy. The second class of 

 the Oatlands' stakes, eight subscribers, won by Gen. Gower's b. c, 

 Swinley by Coriander, three years old. 



Wednesday. — The third class of the Oatlands' stakes, eight sub- 

 scribers, won by Mr. F. Neale's Quiz by Buzzard, aged. Post sweep- 

 stakes of 200 gs. each, h. ft., three subscribers, won by Mr. Sitwell's 

 b. c. Clasher by Sir Peter, received forfeit. 



