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(a title now extinct, but borne by the Long- 

 Tilney-Pole-Wellesley family), in 1825 ; and on 

 Ascot Heath, where, towards the close of his life, 

 he must needs have two race- meetings in each 

 season, he ran, in the name of his friend, ' private 

 jockey,' and 'stud-master,' Mr. Delme-Radcliffe, 

 such horses as Dervise, Mortgage, the beautiful 

 Maria (whose portrait, with Jem Robinson ' up,' 

 is said to have caused the royal gentleman trans- 

 ports of delight), the famous mare Fleur-de-lis 

 (though she was not at all at her best when he 

 owned her), the expensive horse — as a 4,000 

 guineas purchase was considered in those days — 

 The Colonel, and the deceptive Zinganee (the 

 news of whose performance in the Ascot Cup of 

 1830 the King is understood to have ordered to 

 be sent to him as he lay upon the bed from which 

 he would never get up). His chief jockeys were 

 Jem Robinson, George Dockeray, George Nelson, 

 Arthur Pavis, and the ' rusher,' Sam Chifney, 

 jun. (with Jack Ratford, who had been pad- 

 groom to 'Old O.,' for 'factotum'), in his kingly 

 days ; and William South, Sam Chifney, sen. (of 

 ' slack-rein ' notoriety), and William Edwards, in 

 his princely, besides Mr. D. Radcliffe and Mr. 



