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universally recognised as one of the ablest members 

 of his profession, has been good enough to read 

 nearly the whole of this work in MS., and to give 

 it the benefit of his corrections and emendations. 

 Equally great has been the interest displayed in it 

 by Mr Wilmshurst of Chichester, whose sugges- 

 tions have been of the greatest value to Mr John 

 Kent and myself. Again, Mr Edmund Tattersall, 

 the head of the great firm whose fame has gone 

 forth into all lands, has been good enough to 

 enlighten me upon many subjects connected with 

 Lord George Bentinck's eventful history. Finally, 

 the skill, patience, and industry with which Miss 

 F. Hays has supplied Mr Kent with information 

 by hunting out and verifying references bearing 

 upon its composition, is deserving of the highest 

 commendation and gratitude from its author and 

 myself. 



In the hope that Lord George Bentinck's claim 

 to be regarded as the most remarkable racing man 

 of the nineteenth century will be cheerfully con- 

 ceded by intelligent readers of the following pages, 

 I now commend them to the public, by whose im- 

 partial verdict they will stand or fall. 



FRANCIS LAWLEY. 



LONDON, Sept. 14, 1892. 



