VANQUISHES H.R.H. 'THE DUKE ' 47 



The Earl of March and Ruglen was particularly 

 careful to make his engagements and matches with 

 those who would not be wanting on the day of settle- 

 ment, when fortune favoured either his superior 

 knowledge or prowess. He is said to have frequently 

 laid under tribute the uncle of his Majesty George 

 III., the ' great ' Duke of Cumberland, a prefix bestowed 

 for two reasons — his large size and his military 

 celebrity. But the Duke found that, unlike that of 

 CuUoden, the ' field ' of Newmarket did not favour his 

 fortunes; defeat almost always attended his elforts 

 to vanquish the Scottish Earl. 



Another owner whom his lordship took delight in 

 vanquishing later was a Mr. Jennings of antiquarian 

 fame, who prided himself on his Chillaby ^ strain of 

 racers. These nevertheless ' went down ' one after the 

 other before his lordship's horses of less noteworthy 

 strains, but judiciously crossed. By this last it must 

 not be inferred that Lord March's stable was not 

 select, for so it undoubtedly was ; and, though small 

 in proportion to others, it was always choice and care- 

 fully selected. 



' The Chillaby barb, the ancestors of Mr. Jennings's famous 

 horses, was a white barb, brought with another, by Mr. Marshall, 

 from Barbary, for his Majesty King William the Third. 



