MEN WHO HAVE WON THE DERBY. 55 



afternoon teas. The Admiral was as strict a discipli- 

 narian on the turf as he had been on the qnarter-deck. 

 On all matters of the tiu'f he Avas in his time * the 

 authority'; his judgments were willing! 3^ accepted in 

 cases of dispute, and a volume which he issued on 

 racing law contains some curious and interesting cases. 

 Upon the occasion of a handsome testimonial being 

 presented to Admiral Rous, Earl Granville, who filled 

 the chair and Avho made the presentation, concluded 

 an elegant address with the following eulogium : 

 'Among the men of wealth, character, and position 

 whose patronage has done so much for the turf, our 

 honoured guest of this evening holds a conspicuous 

 place. He has always done his best to repress every- 

 thing of a fraudulent or dishonourable nature. He 

 lias laboured to reconcile conflicting interests ; and 

 although he may have committed mistakes, as the 

 best and greatest of human beings are liable to do, he 

 has enjoyed the respect or afi'ection of every class of 

 the racing community, and I am sure there is but one 

 feeling among all present this evening, and, indeed, 

 among all true sportsmen throughout Great Britain, 

 that if Admiral Rous should retire he will leave a void 

 impossible to fill.' 



IV. 



There have been p''enty of good men on the turf who 

 never had the good fortune to win the Derby or take 

 the Oaks. In the records of the St. Leger will be 

 found names that do not occur in the annals of the 

 Epsom races ; and men who never made their mark 



