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He did so; the horse jumped it beautifully, and he 

 bought him immediately at a high figure. At Dun- 

 church and Leamington, he again got situations on 

 Cock Robin and Monarch ; but his greatest perform- 

 ance in the pig-skin between the flags was accom- 

 plished at Eglinton, where he rode Blueskin one 

 afternoon for three four-miles steeplechases, all of 

 which he won, though he met fresh opponents in each 

 contest, and carried a very heavy impost. Over this 

 course and at Croxteth Park he rode his own horses, 

 Tommy Tickle, Miss Chance, and Fop, with varying 

 success. One of the most interesting dead-heats on 

 record is that which his lordship rode on Columbine 

 against Robin at Croxteth Park. On the same day he 

 won the Melton Stakes on Red Wing, and the Free 

 Handicap on Cardinal Puff. This horse he purchased 

 from the Marquis of Westminster for 1,200 guineas. 

 In 1840, he won three races in two days at Croxteth 

 Park, viz., the Hunters' Stakes on Redwing, Amdelly 

 Stakes on Confusion, and the Rosslyn Handicap on 

 Redwing also. In 1841, the Marquis's colours were, 

 for the first time, seen on an Irish race-course, when 

 they were borne by a grey horse named Hackfall for 

 the Stewards' Stakes at the Curragh April Meeting, 

 He was not placed, and on the following day they 

 were again carried unsuccessfully by Cardinal Puff, 

 The first victory he achieved in this country was at 

 the June Meeting following, when Redwing, a chestnut 

 six-year-old, son of Skylark, created a surprise by de- 

 feating his quandom stable companion, Falcon, and 

 three others for a small sweepstakes. On the next 

 day, in a match for 100 sovs., i2st. ^Ib. each, over 

 Connolly's mile. Lord Howth's Augean, an aged 



