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resent the putting of any titular prefix or affix or 

 suffix to his plain name), but Mr. Ridsdale (ex- 

 footman, it is said), who won the Derby of 1832 

 with St. Giles; Mr. Sadler (ex - livery - stable 

 keeper at Oxford, it is said), who won the Derby 

 of 1833 with Dangerous, the fastest Derby, it is 

 stated, though the ' time ' is not given, up to that 

 date; Mr. John Scott (brother of 'glorious' Bill, 

 the jockey), who won the Oaks of 1836 with 

 Cyprian; Mr. Beardsworth (of 'Repository' 

 memory), who won the St. Leger, beating the 

 great Priam, with Birmingham (named after the 

 site of the 'Repository'); and Mr. Gully, M.P., 

 ex-butcher (at Bristol), ex-pugilist, and ex-publican, 

 who, having been at one time in partnership with 

 Ridsdale, won the St. Leger of 1832 with Mar- 

 grave of the 'coffin head.' This is a brilliant 

 score for the ' common fellers,' and shows how 

 the ' bookmakers ' were coming to the front. 



This, as has been intimated, was the era of the 

 celebrated mares, Camarine and Lucetta, and, to 

 a considerable extent, of the still more celebrated 

 Beeswing, so that the reign of William IV. saw 

 the turf at the very height of glory. In the same 

 reign, too, there took place (in calculating the 



