so THE BLUE RIBBON OF THE TURF. 



and no single individual, perhaps, ever owned so largo 

 a stud of horses. 



Among other winners of the Derby occurs the name 

 of Lord Foley, who won the race in 1806 with Paris, a 

 son of Sir Peter Teazle. When he began ' racing ' he 

 was possessed of an income of £18,000 a year, as also 

 a sum in readv money of £100,000, all of which was 

 lost by non-efiective speculations on the turf ' A.nd 

 no wonder,' says a sporting writer, ' seeing that ho 

 was for some years a confederate of that most in- 

 Yeterate of all gamblers — Charles James Fox.' F'roin 

 the year 1772 to 1793, when Lord Foley died, these 

 gentlemen were partners in a numerous and excellent 

 stud. 



In 1788 the Prince of Wales, afterwards George IV., 

 was well known on the turf, winning the Derby in the 

 year just named by means of his horse Sir Thomas, 

 Avhich beat ten competitors. His Ro3'al Highness ex- 

 perienced a troublesome time during his connection 

 with the turf, which began in 1784, and was carried on 

 with great ardour for a period of two years, when 

 from embarrassed circumstances he was compelled to 

 rolincpiish racing till his debts had been settled. Upon 

 his return to Newmarket in 1788 he once more threw 

 himself into the delights of sporting life. In October, 

 1789, on the Prince being accused of complicity in a 

 supposed falsely-run race, in wliich His Royal Iligh- 

 ness's horse Escaj^.e was ridden by Samuel Chifncy, 

 one of the great horsemen of his day, he again retired. 

 Explanations were demanded on the following day, 

 when the same horse, ridden by the same jockey, won 

 a race with great ease. Chifney madean affidavit, and 



