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battle lasted 47 minutes, and both combatants were severely 

 punished. It was not until the 30th round that Lllley was 

 knocked out. 



Great interest was manifested in a fine race that took 

 place for the Albany Stakes in 1822, the Duke of York's 

 Moses, the winner of the Derby for that year, having to 

 carry 5 lb. extra, and run against his opponent Stamford, 

 who was beaten by three or four lengths for the Derby. It 

 was considered a fairly equal race, and so it proved, for 

 until the horses were nearly home the chances were equal, 

 then Goodison let Moses loose, and he won by a length. 



During the declining years of his father's reign, the 

 Prince of Wales had acted as Regent, that is to say, from 

 February 5th, 181 1, to January 27th, 1820, and in this 

 period, as throughout the remaining years of his life, he 

 indulged his passion for horse racing to the fullest extent. 

 He would buy any and every horse of any value, giving any 

 price — on paper, but was not so ready nor so able to pay 

 in coin of the realm. He became the owner of the three 

 best long-distance horses in England — Zinganee, The 

 Colonel, and Fleur de Lis. Ascot came in for the greatest 

 share of Royal favour, and the King frequently ran his 

 horses there, either in the name of Mr. Delme Radcliffe, 

 Mr. Warwick Lane, or Mr. Charles Greville. 



It was after he ascended the throne as King George 

 IV. that he instituted the Royal procession, when he rode 

 on the course up the New Mile in a coach and four with 

 a splendid retinue, and attended by the Master of the 

 Buckhounds, Lord Maryborough. A writer of the time 

 says : " The King's equipages afforded a great treat. The 

 different sets of coach horses were an honour to the country 



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