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answer : — " Sir, If you can't live on your al- 

 lowance, you may starve ; and if you marry, I'll 

 commit you to prison !" 



Richard Wilson, Esq., of Bildeston House, 

 Suffolk, died in June, in the 75th year of his 

 age. This gentleman was the proprietor of the 

 Bildeston breeding estabKshment, which was his 

 favourite hobby for nearly a quarter of a century, 

 and which was sold off by Messrs. Tattersall's after 

 his death. He made his debut on the turf in 

 1821, but for several years previous had been 

 known as a breeder of blood stock. His success 

 was trifling, and he is better known as a breeder 

 than owner of first-rate race-horses, and was es- 

 teemed for his great evenness of temper. His 

 first regular stud sale took place in 1822, when 

 his stud being small for that and the three suc- 

 ceeding years, the produce did not realize more 

 than about £500 a-year. In 1829, he had so far 

 increased it that it produced £1400, and in 1832, 

 £1600, but fell off again in two following years. 

 Notwithstanding that his stud is supposed to have 

 cost him a large sum annually, he is thought to 

 have died in good circumstances, having been left 

 a legacy of £40,000 by Lord Chedworth, and 

 been many years the confidential steward of the 

 Duke of Northumberland. 



Richard Shepherd, a trainer on the nor- 

 thern turf, died at Langton Wold, after a short 

 illness, aged 43. His first master was Old Sykes, 



