98 LORD GEORGE BENTINCK 



Cossack's triumph in the Derby of the next year ; whilst 

 the final stroke was given by the succ.ess of Mathema- 

 tician, which was also my father's horse. This latter 

 event drove him broken-hearted from the turf, and has- 

 tened his death, if it were not the absolute cause of it. 



The scene was at his favourite Goodwood, in a race 

 for a 200 sov. sweepstake, all the money on P.P. Lord 

 George ran two horses Crozier, out of his prized mare 

 Crucifix, and King of Morvin, the latter being run to 

 assist the other, which was thought the better of the 

 two and good enough to win, and heavily backed. My 

 father had Mathematician, brother to Euclid, in the 

 race, a horse he had bought at Mr. Thornhill's sale, 

 when a foal, for 400 guineas ; nothing very good, 

 though thought well of, the Danebury stable being at 

 that time powerful, so that the weight of money made 

 him favourite, in spite of the heavy sums that Lord 

 George had piled on his own choice. Mathematician 

 and Lord George's horse ran a dead-heat but with the 

 wrong animal, so far as his lordship's interests were con- 

 cerned. It was, indeed, a virtual defeat to Lord George, 

 for he had, as I have said, backed Crozier, and so lost, 

 thus completely shattering his reputation for judgment 

 in backing the worse horse of the two. On this he 

 became furiously excited ; and when the dead - heat 

 between Mathematician and King of Morvin was run 

 off, betted with still more extravagant recklessness than 

 he had done before ; and being beat again, gave rein to 

 his uncontrollable temper as I have previously related 

 and offered to sell, and ultimately sold, every horse 

 he had for 10,000. 



In conclusion, I may perhaps describe the career of 

 this illustrious nobleman as that of a disappointed man. 

 If, like Mr. Osbaldeston, he could do many things well, 



