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in honour of his second wife, Miss Farren, the famous 

 actress, with whom he had fallen in love while she was 

 playing Lady Teazle. 



Up to four years old Sir Peter Teazle won all his races ; 

 but he broke down at Newmarket, and was put to the stud. 

 His success there was extraordinary : he sired more winners 

 than any other horse on the Turf. 



In 1794 his stock began to show its excellence, and the 

 American Consul offered the Earl 7000 guineas for the 

 horse — an unheard-of price in those days. But his lord- 

 ship declined the offer, saying that he had already been 

 offered 10,000 guineas for him. 



Lord Derby was more fortunate in his efforts to win the 

 Oaks, of which he was also the founder ; for his fillies 

 Bridget and Heroine twice placed the ladies' race to his 

 credit. 



Sir Peter lived to be thirty years old. Lord Derby was 

 sixty years on the Turf; he attended the big meetings in 

 a coach and six with a retinue of servants. Many memen- 

 toes of him are still preserved. The picture of his huntsman, 

 Jonathan Griffin, on his grey horse Spanker may be seen 

 in many a roadside inn in Surrey, while the likeness of his 

 groom Story hangs at Knowsley. Of this worthy it is told 

 that one day, while he was dining, somebody came running 

 in to tell him that the Prince of Wales was in his stable. 

 '■' Then he may wait till I have done my dinner," was the 

 answer. And the old curmudgeon did not hurry himself 

 either. 



The thirteenth Earl did not care for racing; but the 

 next of the race inherited all his grandfather's love of the 

 Turf, and was fortunate in his ventures. During the 

 twenty-one years that John Scott ruled his stud he 

 owned in all 243 horses, 54 of which were winners ; their 

 winnings amounting in all to ^^94,000 — a total which 

 covered all his racing expenses. He never won a Derby 

 or a St Leger, however, and the Oaks only once, in 185 1, 

 with Iris. 



In the spring of 1801 the following announcement 

 appeared : — " The new race-course on the Harroway, near 

 Goodwood, is now completely formed for sport, and 



