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AN ENGLISH TURF HOUSE That of Grosvenor Long and Glori ¬ ously Associated with Racing Nearly Two Hundred Tears of ofHistory History with Many Grand GrandHorses Horses Is House Record In the article on The Earls of Derby and the Turf which appeared in the May issue of Ballys I mentioned a Sir Richard Grosvenor as having won the big race at Leasowe with Shagg in 1724 with Grey Wyhn in 1720 and with Spot in 1727 This Earl of Grosvenor was the son of the third baronet Sir Thomas Grosvenor who at the early age of nineteen married Mary Davies an orphan with tremendous property in London and who was only eleven years old when the wedding took place Sir Thomas died in 1700 and his widow went mad and died in the custody of Robert Middle ton of Chirk in 1730 Sir Richard Grosvenor died Jn 1732 and after his death the races at Ipasowe were discontinued He was succeeded by his brother Sir Robert Grosvenor whose eldest son bora in 1731 succeeded him in 1755 and was raised to a baron on March 17 1761 and to an earl in 1784 1784It It is to this first Earl of Grosvenor that all the fame of the Grbsvenors on the turf is due Soon tfcfter hetame into the titlehe TiaffTmeSi6ri two horses but none of any great account until in 1700 he bought Gimcrack from Sir Charles Bunbury for 1200 guineas and in 1778 Pot8os from Lord Abington for 7080 These two horses were the real foundation of the Eaton Stud which actually came into existence about 1780 Pot8os was the sire ipf Waxy Parasol and Mandane and in twentyone years sired 172 winners with a total of 309855 wpn in stakes Another good one was Sweet William which like Gimcrack won the Whip at Newmarket Ill 1871 Lord Grosvenor took his ilrst classic the Oaks with Faith and the follow ¬ ing year took it again with Ceres a daughter of Sweet William and was second in the Derby with Sweet Robin to Lord Egremonts Assassin Sweet Robin and Assassin were by Sweetbriar by Syphon which was bred by Lord Grosvenor in 1769 and which was a halfbrother to Sweet William In 1783 Maid of the Oaks won the race of that name making three wins in three successive years for the stable SECOND THRICE THEN WINS EFSOM DERBY DERBYThe The next three years saw three successive sec ¬ onds for the Derby as Carlo Khan starting at 20 to 1 was second to Colonel OKellys Serjeant in 1784 Grantham was second to Aim well in 1785 and Meteor was second to Noble in 1786 The next year things were even worse as in the Derby Mentor and Whitelegs were both among the also run in a field of seven and In the Oaks Sunflower nister to Tar and Nelly were outside the first three in another field of seven Then came an ¬ other second with Aurelius to Sir Thomas in 1788 and a third with Skylark to Skyscraper in 1789 and ii second with Cypher filly to Lord Egremonts Tag in the Oaks in the same year The next Tear saw the yellow black cap first past the post for the first time in the Derby with Rhada manthus and a stable companion Asparagus sec ¬ ond and Lord Derbys Lee Boo third Mistletoe toy Pot8os was second to Hlppolyta for the Oaks Justice the sire of Rhadamanthus was at the time standing in Cambridgeshire at a fee of five guineas Astraea was second in 1791 for the Oaks and in 1792 John Bull won the Derby start ¬ ing at 6 to 4 on from a field of seven and an ¬ other bearer of the colors Boldface was third for the Oaks OaksIn In 1793 Waxy a son of Pot8os won the Derby for Sir F Peel witli Gohanna second and the Grosvenor horses Triptolemus and Druid both sons of Pot8os third and fourth Daedalus took Hie Derby in 1794 starting outsider at 6 to 1 in a field of four He was like Rhadamanthus a son of Justice ex Flier which is one of seven mares which have produced two Derby winners 17D5 saw a second for the Oaks with Ariadne by Justice and 1797 a win with Nike then a third with Lady Bull and a win with Bellina in 1799 Tulip was second to Eleanor for the Oaks in 1800 mid after that no horse from the stables was placed u til the earl died in 1802 having won three Derbys and five Oaks at a cost of a quarter million terllng No name will ever be more respected on the turf as not only did he found the Eaton Stud but the blood of his horses still lives today todayThe The first earl was succeeded by his son who be ¬ came Marquis of Westminster in 1831 and carried on the fame of the yellow black cap in quite the approved fashion His first great success was with Touchstone by Camel with which he won tlte St Leger in 1834 the Doncnster Cup In 1835 and 1830 and the Ascot Cup in 1836 and 1837 Though his record on the turf was good it was totally eclipsed by his record at the stud as he was the sire of three Derby winners in Orlando Cotherstone and Surplice grandslre of three more CosUaaed OB third page AN ENGLISH TURF HOUSE Continued from first page in Teddington Musjid and Hermit and great grandsire of another seven hi Pretender Shotover St Blaise George Frederipk Merry Hampton Ayr ¬ shire and Ladas Besides these Newminster won the St Leger his only race and sired 253 winners with stakes value 608070 to their credit Blue Bonnet the Leger winner of 1843 which beat Attilla after a terrific race Paragone the sire of Paradigm dam of Lord Lyon Mowerina the dam of West Australian Mendicant the winner of the One Thousand Guineas and Oaks in 1848 and dam of Beadsman sire of Rosicrucian Blue Gown and Green Sleeves Sir Joseph Hawleys three in the sensational Derby of 1868 Flatcatcher which ran third to Surplice and Canezou for the Leger of 1848 Glee the dam of The Promised Land Gem dam of Regalia which ran second to Gladiateur for the 1865 St Leger Lady Macdonald the dam of Brigantine Ithuriel the dam of Iris Gaiety the dam of Gamester Brocardo and CinizcllI the latter of which was the dam of Marchioness the Oaks winner of 1855 1855Touchstones Touchstones own brother Launcelot was second to Little Wonder for the Derby of 1840 and won the St Leger from Maroon This was an interesting race as the marquis declared to win with Launce ¬ lot knowing that after his Derby running lie would he backed by the public and Maroons jockey Holmes had to pull him up to allow the first string to win Launcelot started at 7 to 4 with Maroon at 4 to 1 In 1841 Van Amburgh ran sec ¬ ond to Coronation for the Derby Ghuznee won the Oaks and Satirist beat Coronation for the St Leger LegerTHE THE DUKE TAKES UP THE RUNNING RUNNINGFrom From the first marquis we come to the first duke who became head of the family in 1869 and received a dukedom in 1874 His first pur ¬ chase of any account was Doncaster which had won the Derby the Ascot Cup and the Goodwood Cup and had been second to Marie Stuart for the St Leger Mr Merry liis owner sold him to Mr Peck for 50000 and the duke bought him from the latter for 70000 In 1877 one of his first foals from Rouge Rose was Bend Or which beat Robert the Devil by a head for the 1880 Derby and then won the City and Suburban the following year with 126 pounds up the Gold Cup at Ascot with Robert the Devil behind him and then the Champion Stakes at Newmarket with Iroquois the 1881 Derby winner behind him Bend Or retired to the stud at Eaton in 1881 and in his first season when mated with Lily Agneaf for which the duke had paid 12500 and two free subscrip ¬ tions to Bend Or whose fee at the time was 1025 produced Ormonde In the meantime the duke had bought Shotover a daughter of Hermit for 7680 as a yearling and won the Two Thousand Guineas the Derby and was second in the One Thousand Guineas and third to Dutch Oven for the Leger in 1882 1882Then Then came Ormondes triumphal march as after beating Minting for the Two Thousand Guineas he won the Derby the St Leger and five other races in 1886 As a fouryearold he won the Rous Memorial giving thirtyfive pounds to Kilwarlin which afterward won the Leger then came the famous race for the Hardwicke Stakes on the Friday in which he beat Minting Bendigo and Phil Ormonde went to the stud in 1888 and straight ¬ away produced Orme when mated with Angelica a sister to St Simon Ormonde just before his St Leger win had been found to be a roarer and in consequence of the prevalent opinion as to its hereditary character was sold after two seasons to Scnor Boucau for 60000 who resold him to a California breeder for 150000 After his first season he was a failure at the stud and was de ¬ stroyed in 1901 In 1892 his famous son Orme which had only been beaten once as a twoyear old was poisoned in the early part of the year and took no part in either the Two Thousand Guineas or the Derby but was badly beaten in the St Leger He won the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown twice and retired to Eaton in 1894 where mated with Vampire he got Flying Fox which won the Derby of 1899 and was the last of the dukes Derby winners Flying Fox won nine races of the value of 200090 and at the sale of the dukes horses in 1900 was sold to M Edmoud Blanc for 189000 189000SEVEN SEVEN DERBYS NINE OAKS FIVE ST LEGERS LEGERSThe The duke died in 1899 and at the time of his death the Grosvenor colors had been successful in seven Derbys nine Oaks and five St Legers LegersFlying Flying Fox was the youngest of that wonderful tailmale line of firstclass horses which ran as follows Flying Fox Orme Ormonde Bend Or Doncaster Stockweli The Baron Birdcatcher Sir Hercules Whalebone Waxy Pot8os Eclipse Marske Squire Bartletts Childers the Darley Ara ¬ bian From Pot8os downward they had been more or less connected with the Grosvenors and had won six Derbys four Legers and three Guineas GuineasBesides Besides these horses which have actually belonged to the Grosvenors it must be remembered that Common the 1891 Triple Crown winner Sir Visto the 1895 Derby winner and Jeddah the 1898 Derby winner all first saw daylight at Eaton and that Orby was by Orme and Sceptre was ex Ornament by Bend Or and was born and reared at Eaton until the dukes sale when as a yearling she fetched the unheard of price of 52500 Adair Dighton in Rallys Magazine
