Royal Ascot 



Clearwell and 

 Criterion, and in 

 1835 the One 

 l^housand Gui- 

 neas. Thinking 

 that he could not 

 do better than 

 trust to the blood 

 of so good a win- 

 ner, he bought 

 the mare's bro- 

 ther, Mango, off 

 Mr. Thornhill. 

 ManoTQ, though 

 he failed him for 

 the Derby, won 

 for him the Ascot 

 Derby, beating 

 Chapeau d'Es- 

 pagne, and on 

 the same day, 

 the King's Plate (William IV.) against Velure. Mango 

 also beat Rat Trap over the Old Mile on Cup Day. Another 

 purchase which brought some success to Mr. Greville was 

 Alarm, which he acquired from his breeder, Captain George 

 Delme. Mr. Greville cherished very confident hopes that 

 Alarm would win the Derby of 1845 for him ; an untoward 

 accident, however, dashed his expectations, for Alarm, being 

 savagely attacked by Libel, bolted, after throwing his rider, 

 Flatman. Alarm served his owner better at Ascot in 1846, 

 when he won the Ascot Cup. Among other remarkable 



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