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Lawrence. With the last- mentioned four he was very 

 fortunate, and St. Lawrence was probably the best 

 horse in Ireland that year. He was by Skylark or 

 Lapwing, and won, in 1 840, the Gold Cup, presented by 

 His Majesty George IIL, and other races. In 1841, he 

 ran twelve times, won nine races, and was second for 

 three. He won the St. Lawrence Stakes of 180 sovs. 

 at Howth, four Queen's Plates, the Lord Lieutenant's 

 Plate, the Steward's Stakes, the Kirwan Stakes, at the 

 Curragh, as well as a match, run at the Curragh in 

 September, of 500 sovs. each, four miles, in which 

 St. Lawrence, 4 yrs., yst. ylb. (Wynne), beat Lord 

 Milltown's Cruiskeen, aged, 8st. 71b. Betting, 4 to i 

 on St. Lawrence. Cruiskeen, I may add, won the 

 Cesarewitch (the first run at Newmarket) in 1839. ^" 

 1841, the Peel Cup and the Gold Cup were resigned to 

 his Lordship. He raced no less than twenty horses in 

 Ireland in 1841, and they carried the " magpie" jacket 

 frequently home in triumph. Morpeth, St. Lawrence 

 (sold for a large sum at the end of the year). Dr. 

 Sangrado, and Condor were the best. Four Queen's 

 Plates and the Lord Lieutenant's Plate, were placed to 

 his Lordship's credit, as well as several other valuable 

 stakes ; including the first Angleseys he won, and 

 the Sligo Stakes. Five ran for the Angleseys, but 

 Condor, by Economist, from Humming Bird's dam, 

 won easily. 



Having sold several horses and sent a few to 

 England, the only ones he ran in 1843 were Condor 

 and Morpeth, and he sold them both before the end 

 of the season. During the next year his colours 

 were carried a few times, but never successfully. 

 However, in 1845 ^^ ^'•'^^ '^ large stud together 



