194 Indian Racing Reminiscences. 



Lord Ulick was, so to speak, bred to the Turf, as 

 his father was a real sportsman, who kept a racing stable 

 and bred thoroughbred stock for many years, without 

 ever betting a sovereign. The Irish Racing Calendars 

 for the early part of this century record how seldom, 

 ■during a series of years, there was a day's racing at the 

 Curragh without a horse of Lord Sligo's starting. 

 Like many other Irish gentlemen of that time, his 

 chief ambition was, however, to win the Doncaster St. 

 Leger. Although he did not quite succeed in doing 

 so, still he ran second twice : once with Canteen in 

 Jerry's year ; and again with Bran, who was good 

 enough to have won this race in most years, but 

 had to succumb to Touchstone. His horses ran with 

 success at other meetings, both in Yorkshire and else- 

 where. Some of his best were Waxy Pope, Langar 

 (sire of Orlando's dam), Starch, Fang, INIiss Staveley, 

 and Oiseau ; while the last of the Westport Stud was 

 Wolfdog, who was running as top weight in the 

 principal handicaps in 1847 and 1848, after having 

 beaten, as a three-year old, the great mare Alice Haw- 

 thorn in a race for a Queen's plate on the Curragh. 



Lord Sligo bred most of the horses he ran, and did 

 much for thoroughbred stock. More than fifty years 



