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In the turf obituary of this year we find the 

 names of more than one distinguished sportsman. 

 First on the Hst stands the late Earl FitzwilHam, 

 who departed this life on the 8th of February, 1 833, 

 at Milton Abbey, near Peterborough, Northamp- 

 tonshire, at the advanced age of 85 ; during 

 seventy-seven years of which period he was a 

 peer, having succeeded to the title when only 

 eight years of age. Devotedly attached to the 

 manly field-sports of his native country, the late 

 Earl " won golden opinions" from his fellow 

 sportsmen, by his amiable manners and good na- 

 ture. His first connection with the turf was about 

 the year 1770, as the confederate of his uncle, 

 the Marquis of Rockingham, then considered the 

 leading patron of racing. This confederacy con- 

 tinued till the Marquis's death in 1782, upon 

 which Earl Fitzwilliam took the stud and stables 

 to himself. 



Among the many celebrated race -horses which 

 this nobleman's stables produced, may be men- 

 tioned the following, whose principal performances 

 are given in this work, viz : — Pewit by Tandem, 



