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The Russians took, among the rest, Lord 

 Jersey's chestnut Middleton, the legendary winner 

 of the Derby in 1825 (by Phantom) ; Mr. An- 

 drew's (Lord G. H. Cavendish's) Nectar (son of 

 Wahon), winner of the Two Thousand in 1816; 

 Sir Mark Masterman Sykes's Prime Minister (by 

 Sancho), that ran the historic race with Mr. 

 Richard Watt's celebrated Tramp at York in 

 1 8 14, when the two horses seemed to respond to 

 the cries of ' Now, Tramp,' and ' Now, Minister,' 

 to which their respective partizans gave utter- 

 ance, and when the enterprising Mr. Thomas 

 Kirby, of York, was in the thick of his horse- 

 dealing and his curious adventures among Russian 

 bullies and potentates ; but it was not until 

 William IV. had been some months in his grave 

 that they received (and welcome), at the price of 

 2,500 guineas, the illustrious 'savage,' Sir James 

 Boswell's General Chasse, the ' destroyer of Cos- 

 sacks,' as rumour reports. 



As for the Americans, they purchased freely, 

 taking, among the rest, Mr. Dilly's Cetus (son of 

 Whalebone), winner of the Ascot Cup in 1831 ; 

 Mr. Wyndham's Chateau-Margaux (son of Whale- 

 bone), winner of the Ascot Cup in 1826; Mr. 



