BRITISH TURF. (Jl I 



In one year indeed, 1825, it has been stated by 

 Nimrod, that his grace pocketed no less than 

 £13,000 from public stakes alone ! 



In obtaining this success the Duke of Grafton 

 was no doubt materially aided by the excellent ma- 

 nagement of his trainer, the late Mr. Robson, and 

 the good riding of the late Frank Buckle, Wm. 

 Clift and John Day. Of late years, however, we 

 find his Grace has not been quite so successful, a 

 falling off which has by some been dated from the 

 retirement of the late Mr. Robson. 



The Duke of Portland has done little since 

 1828, when he won the Derby with Tiresias, and 

 his stud is now very small ; indeed, like the Duke 

 of Rutland, his Grace may be said to have almost 

 left the Turf. 



The Duke of Rutland won the Derby with Cad- 

 land in 1828, after a dead heat with the Colonel, 

 and in 1811 and 1814, the Oaks' with Sorcery and 

 Medora. 



The Duke of Cleveland still continues to evince 

 the same partiality for racing, which he did 

 for many years as Earl of Darlington, and may 

 be said to be still, perhaps, without exception the 

 heaviest bettor on the Turf. His Grace yields to 

 nobody in his knowledge of every thing connected 

 with his favorite amusement, and in the excellence 

 of his judgment of the race-horse ; he is besides 

 the most liberal purchaser of the day, having given 

 in 1832, no less a sum than £3500 for Trustee and 

 Liverpool, and in the years 1823 and 4, £12,000 

 for four horses ; viz : — Swiss, Swab, Barefoot and 

 Memnon. The two last were afterwards purchased 

 by Mr. Watt, who won the St. Leger with them in 

 the years 1823 and 1825 respectively. The success 

 of his Grace's stud has been principally confined 



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