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of 1823, but not among the runners in the true 

 race, and said to have run the two miles of the 

 course for the Gold Cup at York (1824) in 

 3 minutes 50 seconds (which would be slow in 

 America, but 'clocking' is seldom trustworthy); 

 Mameluke, a famous winner of the Derby in 

 1827; Ibrahim, winner of the Two Thousand 

 in 1835, imported by Lord Henry Seymour); 

 Pickpocket (son of St. Patrick), winner of the 

 Chester Cup in 1833 ; and, above all. Royal 

 Oak (imported by Lord Henry Seymour), son of 

 Catton, because, though he did nothing much 

 upon the turf, he was sire of a great many 

 French winners, and especially of the renowned 

 French mare Poetess, dam of Monarque, sire of 

 Gladiateur. 



The Germans took, among the rest, Mr. 

 Hunter's gray Gustavus, winner of the Derby 

 in 1 82 1, though, according to the German Stud 

 Book, he must have turned black with age ; for a 

 short time only The Colonel, that ran a dead heat 

 for the Derby and won the St. Leger in 1828 ; 

 the historic Riddlesworth (whose 'pot' was so 

 completely 'upset' for the Derby of 1831 by the 

 outsider Spaniel), but only for awhile, as he re- 



