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case ever since in occasional instances, a filly 

 named Redemption (foaled 1852, by Orlando and 

 Stamp) having been put down to the account even 

 of ' Her Majesty ' (z*/^^ ' Stud-Book,' Vol. VIII., 

 P- 399)> though, of course, her Majesty knew 

 nothing about it. 



The period was notable for some futile attempts, 

 especially on the part of an enthusiastic Mr. 

 Attwood, with his Grey Arabian and Chestnut 

 Arabian, of King William himself (or his repre- 

 sentative at Hampton Court) with a Black Arab 

 and a Bay Arab, both ' of the purest caste, pre- 

 sented by the Imaum of Muscat,' and Mr. Astley 

 with his Black Barb, to restore the prestige of the 

 ' Son of the Desert,' with his ' arch ' and his 

 ' flag '; and for the speech made by Lord (after- 

 wards the Duke of) Cleveland at Doncaster, when, 

 taking for text the purchase of Ludlow for 5,000 

 guineas by Mr. Ephraim Bond, ' hell-keeper,' 

 from Mr. Beardsworth, keeper of a 'repository' 

 at Birmingham, just before the St. Leger of 1832, 

 he preached that ' thenceforth no gentleman could 

 have anything more to do with the turf, at Don- 

 caster at any rate': and certainly Lord Cleveland 

 ought to have known, if anybody. ^\i\. gentlemen 



