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again, and Switcher, Wasp, Crosby, and Wolf Dog 

 all won races for him. 



Any horses Lord Ilowth had in England were 

 trained at Danebury, and some of his best feats in the 

 saddle were performed at Croxteth Park, Eglinton, 

 Bibury, Warwick, and Goodwood. The first animal 

 his Lordship sent to Danebury was St. Lawrence. He 

 won the Stand Cup at the Liverpool July meeting, 

 1842, beating several first-class horses, including 

 Roscius, winner of the Cambridgeshire two years pre- 

 viously ; Satirist, winner of the St. Leger ; and Vulcan, 

 winner of the Cambridgeshire. Mr. Gully purchased 

 St. Lawrence from Lord Howth, and he won thirteen 

 races during the following racing season. Lord Howth 

 won the Chester Cup in 1848, with Peep-o'-day-boy. 

 The first brood mare his Lordship had was Remnant, 

 the grand-dam of Wire. He purchased her from Lord 

 Sligo, and had several good horses from her — Doctor 

 Sangrado, Tom Pipes, Wall-flower, and Seaman, to wit. 

 Another he purchased from Lord Sligo, was Ezora. 

 It was through Foinualla, a Birdcatcher mare, out of 

 Brandy Bet, the dam of Cruiskeen (winner of the first 

 Cesarewitch and Chester Cup), that Lord Howth gained 

 classic honours on the turf, and at the stud. She bred 

 for him Kingstown, second to Wild Dayrell, for the 

 Derby, and Mincepie, winner of the Oaks. Lord Howth 

 also had Ackworth, winner of the Cambridgeshire ; 

 Christmas (dam of Gleenavena), Mistletoe, ]\Ierry 

 and Wise, and Sutton, winner of the Cambridge- 

 shire ; Plum Pudding, Snapdragon, Chocolate (dam 

 of Malahide). From Fidget he bred Lambay, Ter- 

 magent, and Dancing Master. Dahlia bred him 

 Dr. O' Toole and Ireland's Eye. He also bred Indi- 



