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but few enterprises more fascinating than racing, as 

 when attended with success it tempts and prompts 

 many of those who pursue it to increase their stud 

 far beyond their original intentions. Such was the 

 case with Lord George Bentinck, but the Duke of 

 Eichmond, although so closely associated with his 

 Lordship, confined his stud to the number he thought 

 would afford him the greatest pleasure, which was his 

 sole object. 



Admiral Kous (half brother to the Earl of Strad- 

 broke) stated, in some of his writings which appeared 

 in the Times, that during his long experience on the 

 turf he had known but two men, viz. the fourth 

 Duke of Portland and the fifth Earl of Glasgow, 

 who raced from pure disinterested love of sport. I 

 must express my great surprise at the above remark 

 from such an authority. I should have thought the 

 Admiral was too well acquainted with the fifth Duke 

 of Richmond to omit his name in connection with 

 those who raced only for the pleasure it afi'orded. 

 Had he substituted his Grace's name for that of the 

 Earl of Glasgow, from my experience I should have 

 considered his remarks more just. 



The noble Earl was undoubtedly most honourable 

 in all his transactions, but at the same time occa- 

 sionally made very heavy bets, and when prejudice 

 prompted him, he would in one bet stake more than 

 the Duke of Richmond did during his whole career 

 upon the turf. 



