October Meeting at Newmarket in 1807 he fulfilled 22 engage- 

 ments, of which he won 18. He was second once, received 

 forfeit once, and walked over once. His successes included 

 the St. Leger of 1802, and he won races under all weights 

 (including a King's Plate in 1805 under 12 stone) and at all 

 distances. On, 24th September, 1804, at Doncaster, he won 

 two races, one in four-mile heats, the other in two-mile heats. 

 He became, in 1804, the property of Prince George of Wales, 

 and proved a most successful sire when sent to the stud. 

 Orville is described as " a good brown." 



The Colonel was a good horse of a generation later ; he 

 was bred by Mr. Wyvill, of Burton Constable, in 1825. After 

 winning the St. Leger in 1829, he was sold to King George IV. 

 for £"4,000, and won many important races in 1830 and 1831. 

 When the Hampton Court stud was dispersed in October, 

 1837, he was purchased for 1,600 guineas by Mr. Richard 

 Tattersall. 



These were animals which could be depended to run 

 three four-mile heats in an afternoon, and could therefore 

 be depended on to produce stock with their own valuable 

 characteristics. 



The Introduction of Short Races 



The old-fashioned race, run in four-mile heats, began to 

 grow less popular during the last quarter of the eighteenth 

 century, and the tendency to reduce the length of races and 

 also the weights carried became marked in the earlier years 

 of the nineteenth century. Elsewhere * an example of the 

 remarkable change in our Turf system has been given, and 

 may conveniently be repeated here. At the Newmarket 

 Craven Meeting of 1820 there was one race of about three 

 miles, five races of two miles or over, twenty races of. about 



* Horses, Past a/id Present. By Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart. Published 

 by Vinton & Co., Ltd. 1900. 



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