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Cup carryiog 8st. 12lbs., also the Esher Stakes with Ost. 12lbs. He ran 

 well but unplaced in a field of thirty-two for the Cambridgeshire in 

 1831 with 8st. 12lbs. on him. Lord Drogheda refused several good 

 offers for Philammon, preferring to retain him for a time in Ireland, 

 so as to let our breeders have a chance of the service of his good 

 horse. He was rewarded for the philanthropy, for the produce of 

 Philammon turned out, as a rule, high-class. From him came Philomel, 

 Philtre, Giraffe, Pet Fox, May Moon, Miss Pitt, also Philistine and 

 Pitman, who, as two-year-olds, ran a dead heat for the Patriotic Stakes 

 at Baldoyle in 1886. Philammon was afterwards sent to England for 

 stud purposes, and there he sired other good horses, among them being 

 Phil, Gloaming, Punster, Phyllida, Castleknock, Dainty Davie, Stanton, 

 Philadelphian, Dewdrop, etc. 



The brood mares which did best for the Moore Abbey stud were 

 Satanella, Qui-va-la, Miriam, and Minette. 



Lord Drogheda as an owner of horses came under the category 

 which, in my chapter on Kacing, I describe as being most entitled to 

 the qualification " famous." In addition to racing them, he bred, 

 reared, and trained his race-horses at home. 



In Michael Moneypenny, who came to Moore Abbey as stud-groom 

 in 1848, he had a faithful servant. Subsequently he became trainer, 

 and looked after the breeding establishment until his death, which 

 occurred in 1891. A record creditable alike to master and man. 



The following action of our late chieftain, occurring as it did many 

 years ago, is not generally known, so I shall relate it as being a sample 

 of the rectitude which characterised him during his fairly long life. 



Soon after his appointment to the Eangership of the Curragh, Lord 

 Drogheda attended the first race-meeting held there. He had a horse 

 running in one of the races, and he went down to see the start. His 

 horse won, and thereby landed him a good sum in bets besides the 

 stake. Hurrying back to the stand-house, he lodged an objection to 

 the race as being null and void. This he proved by stating that it 

 was started a few minutes before time. 



Of course I never saw Lord George Bentinck, and I know him only 

 by what history records, but it always struck me that Lord Drogheda 

 and he had characteristics in common. In fact, I have before now 

 styled the subject of this memoir " our Lord George Bentinck." As 

 the world knows, the latter was, up to the time of his death, the ruling 

 spirit of the English Turf, and occupied the highest position among its 

 patrons of unsullied renown. 



These two great pillars of our sport difiered essentially, however, 

 upon some points. Although they both betted. Lord George did so in 

 gigantic sums for the love of gambling, and thereby nearly ruined 

 himself. Lord Drogheda indulged in betting purely for amusement, 

 and in such sums as could in no way injuriously affect his income. 



Over English racing Lord George Bentinck usurped absolute 

 dictatorship. In Ireland Lord Drogheda was elected to leadership. 



