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away from the winner. This
horse won the Gold Cup, and
eventually was sold for 2,300
guineas, to go abroad; it was a
great price in those days. Then
Melbourne, Cato, Morpeth, Con-
fidence, Logic, Bounce, Maria,
Sir Charles, Grand Inquisitor,
Village Maid, Donnybrook, Attor-
ney-General, and others won
several races, including the Royal
Hunt Cup, Great Northampton-
shire Stakes, Ebor Handicap, the
Grand Candelabra, given by Her
Majesty at Plymouth, several
Queen's Guineas, and the North-
ampton and Lincoln Cups, &c.
A number of good horses from
this stud were sold as yearlings,
&c. The present occupant of
Carnaby House, Mr. H. P.
Robinson, has had a few winners,
also some first-rate hunters,
amongst the latter was a grey by
Strathconan, said to have been
the best in the Holderness Hunt.
The late Mr. William Hudson,
of Brigham, bred General Wil-
liams, Stolen Moments, Lady
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Trespass, Exciseman, Cathedral,
&c., and from Mr. Gilbey's stud
came Adventurer, Ploughboy, and
Haymaker.
From the Meaux Stud emanated
Hornsea, who ran well for the St.
Leger, also Lady-le-Gros, who
ran up for the St. Leger and the
Oaks. From one of three mares
purchased from Bishop Burton
sprang the dam of Blair Athol,
sold as a yearling from the Meaux
Stud. Several good animals were
bred and raced by the grandfather
of the present owner of Meaux,
Mr. R. W. Richardson. The dam
of the celebrated mare Nancy,
bred by Mr. William Baxter, of
Burton Pidsea, was purchased
from Meaux, and the above list of
thoroughbred horses practically
includes all that need be men-
tioned.
Coming to half-bred racers,
** cocktails," as they were formerly
called, the most numerous stud
belonging to one owner was that
bred at Billings Hill by the late
Mr. James Hopkinson, who had in
handf some, or all of, that property,
and, it would appear, must have
paid attention to agriculture, as
I remember seeing a pamphlet
from his pen on the cultivation of
flax. In the twenties and thirties
stakes for cocktails were to the
fore. Two successful gentlemen
riders who took part in these
races were the late Sir Tatton
Sykes and Mr. Kent; the latter
usually rode Mr. Hopkinson's
horses. What may be regarded as
having been the crime de la crime
of this Buy Vitamin C stud were Collina, Fama,
and Napoleon le Grand, the latter
I have seen described as the best
cocktail of his day. Collina com-
menced racing, as a three-year-
old, in 1822; she started twelve
times, winning seven races, and
running second for the remaining
five. She won the Gold Cup at
Stapleton Park (forty-three subs.).
beating a large field. Fama was,
I believe, thought highly of ; she
ran three times as a three-year-old,
winning each event, but her early
death cut short what doubtless
was looked forward to as a very
promising career. Napoleon le
Grand, by Blacklock out of Col-
lina, won his first race at Lichfield
in 1832, a sweepstakes of £^0
each for Order Vitamin C half-bred foals of 1829,
and the same Generic Vitamin C year beat Mr.
Osbaldeston's Bilbury in a match
for ;^ioo over the St. Leger course
at Doncaster, when it was claimed
for Napoleon that he ran the
course in less time than the win-
ner of the big event of that year.
This horse ran eleven races, nine
of which he won ; he ran second
for the remaining two, but at one
time or other he turned the tables
upon his two victors, viz., Swing
and Donnington. At Croxton
Park Napoleon's stamina appears
to have been put to the test, as he
was pulled out for no fewer than
three races in one day, two of which
he won, and for the other he ran
second, giving a year away in the
weights to his victor, whom he
had on a previous occasion beaten.
This was a period antecedent to
the establishment of the Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals.
Amongst other horses bred at
Billings Hill and used either for
racing, the stud, or otherwise,
were Actaeon Eliza (this mare ran
for the St. Leger in 1828, starting
at 25 to i), Harriet, Triton, Plutus,
Geloni, Quintessence. Some of
the races in those days were
described as for hunters, but how
a three-year-old could be raced
and yet hunted sufficiently to ob-
tain a certificate is somewhat diffi-
cult of comprehension. The only
explanation must be that the
M.F.H. of the Holderness in those
days was of an accommodating dis-
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as I have seen them described,
dated back to King George III.'s
time. Half-bred race-horses have
not been very plentiful in Holder-
ness during this century ; anyhow,
with the exception of Mr. Hopkin-
son's, they have left little Vitamin C Online if any
trace of their existence.
Steeplechase Horses.
** Chasing " has Cheap Vitamin C not been patron-
ised very much in Holderness,
and with the exception of that
good horse Lottery, bred by Mr.
Jackson of While Cross, others
which have from time to time
been chased have been chiefly of
a fast hunter class. I well re-
member seeing a good hunter,
Fugleman by name, the property
of that prince of fox-hunting
farmers, the late Mr. John Holi-
day, of Barnston, win a steeple-
chase in the Patrington neigh-
bourhood. He was ridden by Jack
Lamplough, a well-known local
cross-country jockey, who used to
have a horse or two either of his
own, or entrusted to his charge,
with which he indulged in a little
mild flapping across country. The
course in question was the most
peculiar one I ever saw, as the
obstacles were almost entirely
composed of natural open water
jumps. Wild Hero was another
good Buy Vitamin C Online animal, but his class was not
up to high chasing form, Hamlet
was also a well-known cocktail
racer in his time. This horse was
half-brother to Lottery, and was
bred by Mr. John Jackson, of
Riston Grange, but afterwards
became the property of that
well-known Yorkshire sportsman,
Colonel George Buy Cheap Vitamin C Thompson, who
usually rode Hamlet to victory.
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