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cident of a fall. The strange coincidence of his 

 winning the Derby with Sailor by Scud, during a 

 violent gale of wind, will, perhaps, never be for- 

 gotten at Epsom !"* 



Among the other frequenters of Newmarket 

 whose names stand conspicuous, we may men- 

 tion Sir Gilbert Heathcote, Sir T. M. Stanley, 

 Messrs. Rous, G. Rush, J. R. Udney, C. C. Gre- 

 ville, T, Cosby, G. Byng, G. Payne and Valen- 

 tine Kingston, the "Yorick" of Newmarket. For 

 a host of other names, we must refer our readers to 

 the preceeding and subsequent pages of this work. 



The public men on the turf who have acquired 

 the most notoriety, from having gained immense 

 sums by betting, have been thus aptly described by 

 Nimrod in the following extract. 



" Of the public racing men at Newmarket,f 

 Messrs. Crockford, Gully, Ridsdale, Saddler, the 

 Chifneys, &c., we need not say much, their deeds 

 being almost always before us. But looking at the 

 extraordinary results of these men's deeds, who 

 will not allow racing, to be the best trade going ? 

 Talk of studs, talk of winnings, talk of racing es- 

 tablishments — our Graftons, Richmonds, Port- 

 lands, and Clevelands, with all their ' means and 

 appliances to boot,' are but the beings of a summer's 

 day, when compared with those illustrious perso- 

 nages, and their various transactions and doings 

 on the turf. Here is a small retail tradesman, 

 dealing in a very perishable commodity J, become 



* Our author is, however, mistaken in stating that Gulnare won 

 the Oaks' in Sam's year, for she was not even in existence at that 

 time. We suppose, therefore, he must have meant Mr. Udney's Co- 

 rinne, the winner of the Oaks' in 1818. The Duke of Richmond's Gul- 

 nare won the Oaks' in 1827. 



t Nimrod, on the " Turf," see Quarterly Review, No. XLIX. vol. 

 XCVIII. pages 426 and 427. 



X Mr. Crockford was at one time a Fishmonger. 



