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Nemesis in 1861) ; the (fourth and last) Marquis 

 of Hastings (who began ' Hfe ' in 1862, and ended 

 Hfe in 1868, at the age of twenty-six, and the 

 story of whose romantic marriage, extravagant 

 career, and deplorable end have been repeated 

 iLsqiic ad nmiseaiii) ; Colonel (afterwards General) 

 Pearson (who died at the great age of eighty-five, 

 on April 29, 1892, who had bred Lord Lyon and 

 Achievement, and whose formula for breeding a 

 great race-horse is said to have been ' winner of the 

 Derby mated with winner of the St. Leger,' curt, 

 simple, soldier-like, and imposing) ; Lord Hart- 

 ington (the eighth Duke of Devonshire, of * Bel- 

 phcebe ' and ' Morion ' memory) ; Mr. T, E. 

 Walker (of New Cavendish Street, and Studley 

 Castle, Warwickshire) ; Lord Alington (the first 

 Baron of the new creation, 1876) ; Mr. C. D. 

 Rose (encourager of long-distance races) ; and 

 Mr. (afterwards Sir John) Blundell Maple (espe- 

 cially as the purchaser of Common for the pro- 

 digious price of ^15,000, and of the yearling, 

 Childwick, at 6,000 guineas, and as the bidder of 

 ^27,000 for Ormonde). 



Nor have we yet quite done. There are to be 

 added certain winners of the St. Leg^er and of the 



