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CHAPTER VI. 



Racing in Great Britain from 1825 to 1830— Eccentricities of James 

 Hirst— Right of the Jockey Club to warn off persons from the race- 

 course at Newmarket, estabUshed at the Cambridge Assizes — The 

 Derby of 1827— Death of Mr. Croft, the trainer— Presentation of a 

 piece of plate to Mr. Robson, the trainer, on his retirement — Death 

 of J. Kearton, the jockey — Great courage and presence of mind of 

 CUft, the jockey— Death of George IV — His connection with the 

 turf — Particulars of the disputes arising from the two races of his 

 horse Escape — Performances of the race-horses of George IV on 

 the turf, from his first entrance in 1784, up to the period of his 

 death — Stud sales, &c. 



PRINCIPAL STAKES, &C. IN 1826. 



NewmarJcet, Craven Meeting, April 10. — The Craven stakes, won by 

 Mr. Mills's br. c. Trinculo by Comus, S. D. Handicap sweepstakes 

 of 10 sovs., Ab. M., won by Mr. Wortley's b. f. Scandal by Selim. 

 Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., four subscribers, won by Lord Exeter's ch. 

 Tirailleur by Captain Candid. The twelfth Riddlesworth stakes, 

 twenty-one subscribers, won by Lord Verulam's ch. c. the Moslem 

 by SeUm. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., R. M., four subscribers, won 

 by the Duke of Grafton's b. c. Dervise by Merlin ; Lord Exeter's 

 Tirailleur bolted. Sweepstakes of 100 sovs., D. M., won by Mr Van- 

 sittart's b. Curl by Whisker. Sweepstakes of 150 sova., D. M., six 

 subscribers, won by the Duke of Grafton's br. Bolivar by Comus. 

 The Breakfast stakes of 100 sovs., D. M., six subscribers, won by 

 Mr. Wortley's br. the Dragon by Cervantes. Sweepstakes of 200 

 sovs., R. M., six subscribers, won by Mr. Rogers' b. c. Waterman by 

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