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Miller (of Manderston, Duns, Berwickshire, son of 

 a Lord Provost of Edinburgh), and Lord Bradford 

 (who, ' in spite of all his care, for all his pains, 

 poor man ! for all his pains,' could not win the 

 Derby until he was seventy-two, though he 

 began racing betimes as Viscount Newport). 

 Among less aristocratic or less celebrated owners 

 were Messrs. Ridsdale (ex-footman and after- 

 wards bookmaker), Robertson (the well-known 

 Scottish gentleman - sportsman of Lady Kirk), 

 Rawlinson, Gully (ex - pugilist), Pedley (book- 

 maker, and connected by marriage with Gully), 

 W. I'Anson (trainer). Merry (James, M.P., the 

 famous ' Glasgie body ' and ironmaster), C. Snew- 

 ing (veterinary surgeon and bookmaker), A. Bal- 

 tazzi (an Austro-Hungarian financial gentleman, 

 who won with Kisber the only English Derby 

 won as yet by his countrymen), P. Lorillard (an 

 American gentleman, 'in business,' who won with 

 Iroquois the only English Derby won as yet for 

 the 'stars and stripes'), and Mr. ' Abington ' 

 (Mr. G. A. Baird, the noted gentleman-jocke}', 

 lately deceased). 



To these must be added, as winners of some- 

 thing 'classic,' Lord Chesterfield, Fulwar Craven 



