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Milbank, Sir John Bland (whose namesake came 

 to such ruin and to suicide in Horace Walpole's 

 time), Sir WiiHam Blackett, Mr. Bethell (of Rise 

 in Holderness, a very great 'father of the turf 

 in the North), Mr. Darcy (of the D'Arcy ' White 

 and Yellow Turk ' family), Mr. Watson (of the 

 family to which the Marquis of Rockingham 

 belonged), Sir William St. Quintin (of the family 

 which bred Cypron, the dam of the famous 

 Herod or King Herod), Mr. Darley (owner of 

 the Darley Arabian), Mr. Hutton (whose family 

 bred Marsk, sire of Eclipse), Mr. Graeme (related, 

 probably, to the House of Montrose), Mr. William 

 Cecil (of the family that was to become so famous 

 on the turf in the person of the Marquis of 

 Exeter, who once owned the celebrated Stock- 

 well), and other notable racing men of the North. 

 In this reign was enacted the statute (9 Anne, 

 c. 14) already referred to, whereby, in conse- 

 quence, it is said, of the havoc wrought by betting 

 on the match won by Old Merlin, which had been 

 for a very large sum independently of the wagers, 

 the statute of 16 Car. H., c. 7, was made very 

 much more restrictive, and penalties were pro- 

 nounced against anybody who should win over 



