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Duke's Chamberlain bought lihn.'^ " Old Terrona'^ 

 has furnislied a couple of Eavenhills, and they and 

 ^lilsington by Russborougli, who can stride away 

 nearly as fast on the moors as his sire did when he 

 stole up to Voltigeur at the St. Leger finish, are the 

 cream of the whips^ horses. The Duke^s twelve are 

 all thorough-bred; and Earl Dalkeith and Lord 

 Walter have each six or seven. Young Paymaster 

 is a little on leg like all his sort_, and great in a 

 light country ; Barnton by Barnton is a little plain 

 in the quarter, but not in the head, and strips deeper 

 than he looks. 



There is a nice, airy, and yet wear-and-tear 

 style about the chesnut Baron by Bolingbroke, 

 who is up to much more weight than Kate, a pretty- 

 looking little Jericho mare. Birdcatcher claims 

 Birdsnest, a fast daughter from the dam of Bride- 

 groom, whom his Grace has ridden for six seasons 

 past, principally among the heavy fencing on the 

 Kelso side, for which Pale Ale, who was bred by the 

 late Sir Tatton Sykes, has always had a standing 

 retainer. Lord Stamford bought him from the old 

 baronet, and he was sold for 160 guineas at the 

 Quorn sale, and was, in fact, the only lot that Mr. 

 Hodge bid for. There is an old-fashioned look 

 about him, which would make him unsuitable 

 for a flying Midland countrj^ He seems well up to 

 15 St., and therefore his Grace rides with some 

 2i stone in hand. Paddy from Cork by Blight, and 

 the only stallion in the stud, was just out of Sharpens 



