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cost of the establishments. The Earl of Derby, the founder 

 of the Oaks and Derby stakes, produced many fine horses on 

 the turf, one of which, Sir Peter Teazle, is distinguished in 

 the annals of racing. The Earl of Clermont, who died in 

 1834, at the age of eighty-three, having been nearly sixty 

 years connected with the turf, the Honourable Richard Ver- 

 non, and Sir Charles Bunbury, are noted amongst the sports- 

 men of this period. The latter gentleman survived until 

 the year 1821, at the age of eighty-two, keeping up his con- 

 nexion with the turf till the last. He was mainly instru- 

 mental in doing away with the four-mile races at Newmar- 

 ket, and in producing the unhappy innovation of running 

 two-year-old colts. 



The name of the Duke of Queensberry is associated with 

 all the proceedings of this period. He was successful, shrewd, 

 and skilful in resources. Old Q., as he was afterwards 

 called, was never to be taken in. His famous carriage 

 match, about the middle of the century, is well known. The 

 match was for 1000 guineas. A carriage was to be con- 

 structed, with four wheels, to carry one person, and to run 

 nineteen miles within the hour. On the day of trial, a car- 

 riage, of the weight of an alderman, appeared on the heath 

 of Newmarket, with spokes of whalebone, traces of silk, and 

 so forth, drawn by four thoroughbred horses, ridden by boys, 

 dressed, we are told, in blue satin waistcoats, buckskin 

 breeches, and white silk stockings, followed by a postilion in 

 red silk stockings, and preceded by a groonr in crimson vel- 

 vet, to clear the way. The traces were made with springs 

 to roll up on the relaxing of the draught, so that they might 

 not get beneath the horses ; and cases of tin kept dropping 

 oil on the axletree, to prevent its taking fire. A space for 

 the course was corded in round the heath, and the fairy equi- 

 page was in motion with the speed of the wind. The horses 

 ran away with their riders, and did the first nine miles in 

 four minutes; and the match was completed in fifty-three 

 minutes twenty-seven seconds. Other stories are on record 



