Volume I Part 38 (2/2)

Here is the end of reeable expedition, probably the only one I shall ever ained thus much at least--

A consciousness remains that it has left, Deposited upon the silent shore Of hts, That shall not die, and cannot be destroyed

NOTE

_MR GREVILLE'S CONNEXION WITH THE TURF_

Frequent references will be remarked in these volumes to the connexion of their author with the Turf, which was his favourite amusement, and to his position as an influential member of the Jockey Club It may, therefore, be worth while to record in this place the principal incidents in his racing career; and we are tey of the writer, to borrow the following notice of theazine,' published soon after Mr Greville's death:--

'Though the Warwick fa been identified with the sports of the field, it is fair to assume that Mr Greville's love for the turf came from his mother's side, as the Portlands, especially the late Duke, have always been aest supporters of the national sport, and raced, as beca early ined e state he saw his first Derby in 1809, when the Duke of Grafton's Pope won it, beating five others At that period he was barely fifteen years of age, and the iht of the race reat, and it was rekindledwith his father and mother to Ickworth, the seat of the Marquis of Bristol, he stopped at Newmarket and saw Invalid and Deceiver run a reat sweepstakes come off between Spaniard, Britannia, and Pope, which the latter won Four years elapse, and, as a proof that the lad we have described had kept pace with the ti establishment of the late Duke of York, on the death of Mr Warwick Lake The first step taken by Mr Greville on being installed in office was to weed the useless ones and the ragged lot; and with the aid of Butler (father of the late Frank and the present Williaed so well that in his second year he won the Derby for him with Moses As the Duke's affairs at that ti condition, Mr Greville did not persuade hihness won a fair stake, and was not a little pleased at the result He likewise carried off the Claret with hi year With Banker, as a very useful horse at all distances, he won for hiood races; and, by a reference to the ”Calendars” of the day, it will be seen the Duke won in his turn, if he did not carry all before him To reproduce the names of his horses noould not be worth while, as from the effluxion of time the interest in them has ceased The first animal in the shape of a race-horse that Mr

Greville ever possessed was a filly by Sir Harry Dimsdale, which he trained in the Duke's stable with a few others of no great standing

'Circu the retirement of the Duke of York requisite, his stud came to the hammer, and Mr Greville came to the assistance of his uncle, the Duke of Portland, who trained with Prince With the Duke Mr

Greville remained some little time, and afterwards became confederate with Lord Chesterfield, as at that tianee, Pria this tih his confederate had nothing to complain of in the shape of luck At the termination of this confederacy Mr Greville entered upon another with his cousin, Lord George Bentinck, who, fro, was unable to run horses in his own nareat that we are unable to deal with it at the same time with the horses of the subject of our memoir, who can scarcely be said to have coood mare until he met with Preserve, hom, in 1834, he won the Clearwell and Criterion, and in the following year the One Thousand Guineas, besides running second for the Oaks to Queen of Tru Preserve for the Goodwood Stakes led to their separation, and for a time they were on very bad terms, but by the aid of mutual friends a reconciliation was effected From what Preserve did for him, Mr Greville was induced to dip more freely into the blood, or, as old John Day would have said, to take to the fao, her own brother, of Mr Thornhill, who bred hi, raw colt, he was not quick enough on his legs for the speedy Garcia filly of Col Peel and John Day's Chapeau d'Espagne, and was easily beaten In the spring Mango made so much iood stake; and had he been able to have continued his preparation at Newmarket, and been vanned to Epsom, as is the custom in the present day, there is little doubt he would have won; but having to walk all the way from Newmarket, he could not afford to lose the days that were thus consuet a place That this view of the case is not a sanguine one is proved by his beating Chapeau d'Espagne, the second for the Oaks, for the Ascot Derby, and within an hour afterwards bowling over Velure, the third in that race, for William the Fourth's Plate On the Cup Day he likewise beat the Derby favourite, Rat-Trap, over the Old Mile At Stockbridge, in a sweepstakes of 100 sovs each, with thirteen subscribers, he frightened all the field aith the exception of Wisdom, whom he beat cleverly, and then he remained at Dilly's, at Littleton, to be prepared for the St Leger Having stood his ell, John Day brought over The Drue to try hie Bentinck had reason to be satisfied hat Mango did in his gallop on that , and the latter backed him very heavily for the race--much more so, indeed, than his owner Mr Greville was anxious to have put up John Day, but the Duke of Cleveland having claied to substitute his son Sa lad, with nerves of iron and the coolest of heads The race was a memorable one, inasmuch as William Scott, as on Epirus, the first favourite, fell into the ditch soon after starting, and Prince Warden running over hi, he sustained a severe fracture of the collar-bone Henriade also ca the course John Day, however, soon righted him, but the _contretemps_ spoilt his chance At the stand there were but three in the struggle--The Doctor, Abraha a et up; but a slight opening presenting itself, which was not visible to the spectators, Saree of resolution which justifies the attributes we have before ascribed to hih with such a terrific rush that his breeches were nearly torn off his boots, and won by a neck

'After the race Lord George, as a very heavy winner, gave Honest John 500 for his trial with the Dru ridden him better than he was ridden in the Derby, and an equivalent proportion to Montgo hio was afterwards sent to Newer, and ”Craven,” who then edited the ”Sporting Magazine,” having asserted that Mr

Greville had caused it to be reported that Mango was laet him back in the ise for the state, by the volunteered testie Bentinck, Colonel Anson, and Admiral Rous, to be wholly without foundation, the writer in question o only won once again as a four-year-old, when he carried off a sweepstakes of 300 sovereigns at New thus established hi to Mr

Payne, ho at Littleton, Mr Greville ave up, when he continued his confidence to his brother Williaow

'It was soood horse, at least one that is worth dwelling upon, and Alaro This colt Mr

Greville purchased of his breeder, Captain George Delh to win the Derby in 1845 in a canter, even in the face of such ani an accident occurred by which all Mr Greville's hopes were destroyed; for The Libel flying at Alarely, he jumped the chains, threw Nat who lay for a tiround, and ran away He was, however, soon caught and reh to justify the idea that but for his accident he h the Caeshi+re with 7st 10lb on him so easily as he did in a field of such quality as heyear Alar the Ascot Cup, as well as the Orange Cup at Goodwood, the latter after a terrific race with Jericho He also, at Newreat matches in succession, viz with Oakley, the Bishop of Roh the ”Calendar,” Cariboo is the next most noteworthy animal we come across, for it will be recollected he ran second to Canezou for the Goodwood Cup, having been lent tofor her But it is almost needless to add that, had Mr Greville known hiood as he was, he would have been started on his own account, in which case the cup in all probability would have gone to Bruton Street instead of to Knowsley Continuing our track through the ”Calendar,” we light on a better year for Mr Greville, in 1852, when he had really two good animals in Adine and Frantic With the former, at York, he had perhaps the best week he ever had in his life, having won both the Yorkshi+re Oaks and Ebor Handicap with her, besides beating Daniel O'Rourke with Frantic, o months before had carried off the Union Cup for hi for hi the Goodwood Stakes, and two years afterwards he again won that race with Quince

'Between Adine and Quince's years caht ily He washio At first Mr Greville was incredulous at what John told him, and made him acquainted with the forhtest i Mr Greville o for 500, and the value of the advice was proved by thethe horse very easily Muscovite's career for a time was a very unfortunate one, for when in Dockeray's stable he was so ”shi+nned” that his chance for the Goodwood Stakes was completely out, and his trainer, who could not discover the offender, and as terribly annoyed at the circuht be transferred to Williaainst for the Caesarewitch in the same determined manner as he had been for his other races, and when he arrived at Newmarket, and stood in Nat's stables, which were perfectly inable, there was no cessation in the opposition to hih his trainer told everybody that unless he was shot on the Heath, which he could not prevent, he would walk in This he did, and the crash he produced is still fresh in the public recollection; but it is creditable to the bookainst him to state that out of 23,000 which he lost, he paid 16,000 down on the spot, an act which procured him time for the remainder

'Since Muscovite, who is now at the stud at Newmarket, Mr

Greville has had no anih Anfield made another deter, at Lord Ribblesdale's sale of General Peel's horses, purchased Orlando, and added him to his establishment at Hampton Court, he has turned his attention perhapsFor soe of Orlando, and fro some of his stock so sh the old horse looks as fresh as a four-year-old, and preserves all that fine sy Latterly Mr Greville, fro the confederate of Mr Payne, has trained with Alec Taylor at Fyfield; but with Godding he has generally two or three at New to Mr Greville in his private capacity we hardly kno to treat hiood deeds brought before the glare of the public eye

No ht his advice and assistance in vain; and to no one individual, probably, have so many and such various difficulties been submitted Neither can we remember a new trial or even an appeal deht his counsel Beloved by his friends, and feared by his opponents, Mr Greville will ever be considered one of the lish turf'

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