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capped both in the Trial Stakes and the Cup at the 

 Heaton Park September Meeting of 1835. The 

 horse was not placed in the Trial Stakes, and on the 

 way to the post for the Cup Lord George laid the 

 Squire ;£"200 to £100 against him. Rush won the 

 Cup with ease, but Lord George did not settle. The 

 Squire did not meet him till the Newmarket Craven 

 Meeting of 1836, when the following conversation 

 took place : — 



The Squire : " My lord, you have had plenty of 

 time to digest your loss. May I ask you for the two 

 hundred pounds which I won from you at Heaton 

 Park ? " 



Lord George : " The whole affair was a robbery, 

 and so the Jockey Club consider it." 



The Squire : " I won the money fairly, and I insist 

 upon its payment." 



Lord George : " Can you count ? " 



The Squire : " I could at Eton. The matter will 

 not end here, my lord." 



The Squire accordingly sent Mr. Humphrey to ask 

 for satisfaction, but Lord George declined to meet 

 the Squire in the field, so the latter said, " Tell Lord 

 George that I will pull his nose the first time we 

 meet." Now Lord George had been previously ac- 

 cused of cowardice for refusing to meet a brother 

 officer whom he had grossly insulted, while he was 

 obviously in the wrong for having allowed such a 

 long time to elapse before repudiating the debt. He 

 knew, too, that the Squire would in all probability 



