HORSE-RACING IN ENGLAND 



three great horses, not so well known as 

 they ought to be, not having won any of the 

 'classic' races, namely, Mr. 'Hell-keeper' (ex- 

 * fish-salesman ') Crockford's Sultan (sire of the 

 superb Bay Middleton, and himself second for the 

 Derby of 1819); Mr. Armitage's Northern horse 

 Velocipede (son of Blacklock and sire of the 

 famous Queen of Trumps), described by a good 

 authority as a 'king of horses,' but, like his sire, 

 unable to win the St. Leger (in 1828) ; and Lord 

 Langford's splendid horse Sir Hercules (third for 

 the St. Leger of 1829), son of Whalebone, and 

 sire both of the famous Irish Birdcatcher and of 

 his brother the scarcely less famous Faugh-a- 

 Ballagh, as well as of a lot of mares that were 

 sent to Australia and did good service there (such 

 as Paraguay, dam of the famous New South 

 Wales Sir Hercules). 



Other celebrated jockeys of the reign, besides 

 those already mentioned, were H. and G. Edwards 

 (of whom one is said to have disliked ' fair ' riding 

 as much as Quintiis Horatius Flaccus disliked the 

 profane vulgar, but was delighted to ride 'booty'), 

 ' honest' Jemmy Chappie, W. Wheatley, F. Boyce, 

 P. Conolly, S. Day, sen., J. Day, sen.. Tommy 



