442 HISTORY OF THE 



votes, that Loutlierboug was not thereby disqua- 

 lified. 



In consequence of this decision, the stakes were 

 paid to Mr. Theobald. 



In the commencement of this year, Lord Ber- 

 ners, so long and generally known as " the Sporting 

 Major Wilson of Newmarket," died in the 77th 

 year of his age. His Lordship, who at the period 

 of his death, was perhaps the oldest patron of the 

 " Turf," of which, indeed, he was commonly 

 styled the " Father," became latterly very eccen- 

 tric, while the parsimonious ideas he contracted, 

 would not allow him to keep up his stud in good 

 form. The public were, therefore, not a little as- 

 tonished when, in 1834, his horse Phosphorus, 

 with a " queer leg," and 40 to 1 against him, be- 

 ing besides under the direction and management of 

 a person of no experience as a trainer, carried off 

 the Derby, to the great delight of his noble owner — 

 it being the first time of his winning that great 

 stake. 



The following anecdote of his Lordship was pub- 

 lished shortly after his death, and is by no means 

 out of keeping with the character of a man of close 

 habits : — 



Being in a country town attending some races, 

 and having immediate occasion for some cash, he 

 called at a banking house, and requested money 

 for his cheque upon his London banker, stating 



