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all Work, Seagull, Rattler, Shovel, &c. &c., all of 

 which were of great profit to their owners. By 

 Phyrrhus alone they gained 10,400 gs. ; and re- 

 ceived 1,625 gs. in forfeits. On the turf, the en- 

 gagements of these two gentlemen were always 

 most honourably kept ; and nothing could exceed 

 the good humour with which JNIr. Fox alluded to 

 his own losses, observing with much jocularity, 

 "His horses had as much bottom as other people's, 

 hut they were such slow ones they never ivent fast 

 enough to tire themselves." He was, however, occa- 

 sionally very lucky, and as it was the fashion in 

 those days to bet, as well as to play, for very large 

 sums, he sometimes netted a considerable amount. 

 On the celebrated match in April 1772, at New- 

 market, in which Pincher lost by half a neck only, 

 by taking the odds, two to one on Pincher, he is 

 said to have won nearly sixteen thousand guineas. 

 On the death of Lord Foley in July 1793, in whose 

 judgment in racing matters Mr. Fox placed the 

 greatest contidence, Mr. Fox relaxed his ardent 

 pursuits on the turf, from which he soon afterwards 

 entirely retired. On coming into office with Lord 

 North in 1 783, Mr. Fox sold off his race-horses, 

 and retired from the different racing clubs ; but in 

 the October of the same year we iind him again 

 running horses and attending the meetings at New- 

 market, and on more than one occasion has the 

 king's messenger been obliged to seek the sporting 

 minister of the crown among the horsemen on the 



