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with Lord Dunraven), Mr. Noel Fenwick (whose 

 name carries us back to the horse-racing in the 

 days of Charles I. and Charles II., if not earlier, 

 and, in later days, to the breeder of the famous 

 Match'em), and, finally, the philanthropic Baron 

 Hirsch (the friend of hospitals, who, as the York- 

 shiremen say, has * money for ever '). 



Nor are those all. For, during this reign, have 

 flourished more or less (some considerably less) 

 upon the turf the following nobles and ignobles : 

 the (fourth) Earl of Albemarle (who, as Master of 

 the Buckhounds, felt bound to run for the Ascot 

 Cup, though he cared little for racing) ; Mr. John 

 Day (jockey and trainer, of Danesbury) ; the 

 (second) Earl of Stradbroke (better remembered 

 as a courser than as a racer, elder brother of the 

 famous Admiral Rous); Mr. W. Scott (' glorious 

 Bill,' the jockey, brother of the trainer) ; Mr. 

 John Scott (the ' Wizard of the North ') ; Sir 

 Robert Pigot (of Patshull, who died in June, 1891, 

 at the age of ninety, a descendant of the family of 

 the historical Lord Pigot, Governor of Madras) ; 

 Mr. B. Green (who is said to have been a com- 

 mercial traveller and bookmaker) ; Mr. Anthony 

 Nichol (twice Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and 



