C. C. UKEVILLli, ESQ. IGl 



been seen, whether the number of horses or their inferiority 

 in point of quaUty be the question. Mango's running, both 

 in pubUc and private, had been quite as good as anything 

 in the North ; and Mr Greville, than whom no gentleman 

 on the turf can draw a better hne, was pretty well convinced 

 he should be there or thereabouts, and in consequence 

 backed his horse freely and won a good stake, as did also 

 his noble confederate. It is impossible to say how Epirus's 

 chance might have terminated but for the unfortunate acci- 

 dent. Every body however was pleased that Mr Greville 

 had won, being a gentleman generally esteemed and liked ; 

 and, moreover, a thorough-bred sportsman, and a high goer. 



Mr Greville's first appearance on the turf, as the owner 

 of race -horses, was, we believe, in 1821 ; and so highly was 

 his judgment in turf matters esteemed, even in what might 

 be considered his trial years — Lehrejahre, as the Germans 

 say — that in 1822, His Royal Highness the Duke of York 

 committed the management of his stud to his care on the 

 retirement of Mr Warwick Lake; and from 1828 to the 

 time of his lordship's decease, we believe that the late Earl 

 of Egremont's stud was chiefly under his direction. Since 

 the time of his debut till the present year, scarcely any 

 gentleman's name occurs more frequently in the Racing 

 Calendar, and there is no one whose career on the turf has 

 been more uniforn ; he is not to be found in one year with 

 a long string of horses, and in the next with only a single 

 nag — playing alternately " rocket and stick;" but in every 

 year occurs as the owner of a lot, respectable in point of 

 numbers at least, if not particularly distinguished as winner.^. 

 In this respect, ho'vever, Mr Greville has not much cause 

 to complain. He has gained a tolerably fair proportion of 

 prizes ; and the racy Mango won him the St Leger in this 

 year (1837), both at Doncaster and Newmarket? 



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