14 The Post and the Paddock, 



ribbons, and held by attendants in the borough 

 liveries." We know not how he behaved on such occa- 

 sions, but we never walk down Rotten Row during 

 the season without feeling it a mercy that the master- 

 spirits of our land, who will persist in riding, are still 

 spared to us year after year ; and deciding that as a 

 body the bishops ride a great deal better than the great 

 laymen, and sit much firmer and shorter in the 

 stirrup. 



Epsom had already conferred that prestige on Sir 

 Peter Teazle and John Bull which waxed stronger and 

 stronger in their stud days. Sir Charles Bunbury 

 confirmed the popular belief that he was the best 

 judge of a racehorse out, by winning both Derby 

 and Oaks with Eleanor. The Fitzwilliam "green" 

 achieved its second St. Leger with Orvile ; and even 

 Sancho's and Staveley's success could not prevent 

 the decay of the Mellish fortunes, nor postpone the 

 farewell carnival which he gave to royalty in what had 

 been his own, but was then merely his borrowed, house 

 at Blythe. The matches of Sancho and Pavilion were 

 the talk of clubs, coffee-rooms, and alehouses for 

 weeks, and were perhaps still more heavily betted on 

 than that between Flying Dutchman and Voltigeur ; 

 while the luck of the Duke of Grafton with the Waxy, 

 of Lord Jersey with the Phantom, of Lord Egremont 

 with the Whalebone, of Lord Exeter with the Sultan, 

 and of Mr. Watt with the Blacklock and Dick 

 Andrews blood, are still proudly dwelt on by breeders. 

 The Squire of Riddlesworth was fated to draw very 

 few of the EmiHus prizes for himself; but his memo- 

 rable connexion with the brothers Chifney in the Sam, 

 Sailor, and Shoveller days, had done enough for his 

 name. The rapid rise and fall of these brothers, when 

 Shillelah dealt them a reeling blow, and Emilius sent 

 no more Priams to the rescue ; Pierse's St. Leger 

 victories with " the Bedale horses," and the still more 

 wizard-like career of Mr. Petre, on the same ground, 



