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and four years old career he earned a great reputa- 

 tion and v/on for his noble owner a large sum of money 

 in stakes. It has to be said of Sir Peter Teazle that 

 the fame he acquired on the race-course was per- 

 petuated in the breeding paddocks, where his fee rose 

 from ten to thirty guineas, and horses of his 'get' long 

 (continued to make their mark on the English turf 

 He sired in his time a large number of winning horses, 

 and, among others, the following winners of the Derby : 

 Sir Harry, Archduke, Ditto, and Paris, as also Am- 

 brosio, Avinner of the St. Legcr of 179G ; likewise three 

 consecutive winners of the same race, 180G, lri07, and 

 1S08: these were Fyldener, Paulina and Petronius. Two 

 Oaks heroines were got by the same sire, Hermione and 

 Parasote. Sir Peter Teazle attained the venerable age of 

 thirty years, and stood at the stud to the last. In the 

 earlier half of his career as a stud horse he earned an 

 immense reputation, so great, indeed, as to induce 

 numerous applications for his purchase, among others 

 one of 7,000 guineas from the American Consul. 

 'Nay,' replied his lordship, ' I have already refused an 

 offer of 10,000 guineas for Sir Peter.' 



The Oaks of the 3'ear was won by a filly named 

 Annette, the property of Mr. Vernon ; she was accom- 

 panied to the post by seven others, of which three 

 were supplied by Lord Grosvenor. There were twenty- 

 four subscribers. 



This year's 'Blue Piibbon,' competed for on Thursday, 



j-gg May 8th, fell to His Royal Highness the 



Sir Thomas. Princo of Wales, his horse, Sir Thomas, 



having beaten the ten Avho raced with him for tho 



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