IS THE PRESENT DUKE OF GRAFTOX. 



Emancipation had paid ! Those, therefore, who, trusting 

 to the favourite, had Ijetted two to one against Oxygen, 

 were now constrained to lay six to four upo)i her, but this 

 was only jumping out of the frying-pan plump into the 

 fire, for, after a very severe race, the effect of the nine 

 pounds produced the unexpected result of 



Mr Kirby's br. f. Dinah, by Cliampig-non, 4 yrs old, 7st. 121b 1 



Dvike of Grafton's b. f. Oxyg-en, 4 yrs old, 8st. 71b 2 



with which defeat Oxygen's career upon the turf termi- 

 nated. 



This being the only occa-^^ion within our limited space 

 in which we shall have occasion to congratulate the noble 

 owner of Oxygen, His Grace of Grafton, on the success 

 of any of his " Cracks," as winners of either of the " great 

 events" of the year ; we here present to our readers an 

 acknowledged likeness of one of the finest and most ho- 

 nourable sportsmen England can boast of. Born on the 

 14th of January 1760, and succeeding to the dukedom on 

 the Mth of March, 1811. The present Duke of Grafton 

 is one of the truest and best supporters of the British 

 turf, and master of a splendid pack of fox -hounds, which 

 he hunts in green uniforms. 



To the present Duke, as well as his father, known as 

 " the old Duke of Grafton," the turf is largely indebted 

 for the vast improvement effected by them in the blood 

 of the Enclish race-horse. A mere list of their most 

 celebrated winners would occupy more space than we can 

 well afford ; suffice it now to say, that they have won four 

 Derbies, seven Oaks, the Two Thousand, five times, the 

 One Thousand, eight times, the Riddlesworth, thrice, the 

 Trial Stakes, four times, the July, five times, the Port, 

 three times, the Claret, three times, the Duke Michael, 

 and the Clearwell, once, and the Newmarket St. Lester, 



