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Council ill 1852), who won the sensational 

 Derby of 1831 with the outsider Spaniel, 

 at 50 to I, beating the favourite, Lord Jersey's 

 much fancied Riddlesworth, at 6 to 4 on; Mr. 

 Batson, who won the Derby of 1834 with the 

 'f^reat' Plenipotentiary (whose unaccountable de- 

 feat in the St. Leger created so much uproar and 

 scandal, but has since been explained by Lord 

 Suffollv and Berkshire in the 'Badminton Library' 

 to have been due to an unrevealed accident) ; Mr. 

 John Bowes (of Streatlam, Durham), who began 

 his golden number of ' four Derbies' with Miindig 

 in 1835 ; Mr. Cosby, who won the Oaks in 1834 

 with Pussy ; Mr, (afterwards Lord) Mostyn, who 

 won the Oaks and St. Leger in 1835 with the 

 famous Queen of Trumps, daughter of the royal 

 Velocipede ; Lord (afterwards Duke of) Cleve- 

 land (Lord Darlington), who won the St. Leger 

 in 1 83 1 with Chorister; and Mr. Richard Watt, 

 who won the St. Leger of 1833 with Rockingham. 

 Add to these Lord (the first Marquis of) West- 

 minster, known also on the turf as Lord Belgrave 

 and as (the second) Earl Grosvenor, who won the 

 startling St. Leger of 1834 with Touchstone, des- 

 tined to complete the vindication of 'first foals' — 



