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Minister), Mr. J. Johnstone (the 'alter ego' of Sir 

 Robert Jardine), Lord Fahiiouth (who began racing 

 as ' Mr. T. Valentine,' who never betted but once, 

 to the tune, it is said, of sixpence, or, as others 

 have it, half a sovereign, bred all the best horses 

 for many years, and 'won everything'), two Barons 

 Rothschild (he of Mentmore, and he of Gunners- 

 bury, alias ' Mr. Acton '), Mr. Savile (of Rufford 

 Abbey, Notts, and Ryshworth, Ripponden, Yorks), 

 Prince Batthyany (who, as already mentioned, died 

 suddenly at Newmarket on the Two Thousand day, 

 1883), ^^- Stirling Crawfurd (whose relict was 

 * Mr. Manton,' the Duchess of Montrose), the 

 Duke of Westminster (descendant of Sir Richard, 

 afterwards Lord, Grosvenor, who is said to have 

 left ^300,000 upon the turf as a tribute to ' Tom 

 Tiddler '), Sir F. Johnstone (of general sporting 

 renown, and the only case known of a ' twin ' 

 winning the Derby), Sir J. Willoughby (who 

 shared the Derby of 1883 with Mr. John Ham- 

 mond — an ex-stable-boy, like the famous York- 

 shireman, John Hutchinson — of Newmarket), 

 Lord Hastings (of the Astleys), the Duke of 

 Portland (who won a fortune, for anybody but a 

 duke or the like, with Donovan alone), Sir James 



