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that this untoward incident could not be unknown 

 to his father, who was much troubled and grieved 

 about it, and expostulated most earnestly with 

 his son, pointing out the consequences of such 

 reckless speculation. To wean Lord George from 

 such a dangerous pursuit, the Duke purchased an 

 estate in Scotland for his Lordship, 1 urging him 

 with affectionate importunity to forswear racing 

 and betting. For a few years Lord George re- 

 spected his father's wishes ; but the natural in- 

 stinct could not be suppressed, stimulated as it 

 was by his father's stud, and by that of his cousin, 

 Mr Greville (who was his senior by seven years), 

 and by his own great attachment to Goodwood, and 

 to his valued friend, the fifth Duke of Richmond. 

 The latter took the greatest interest in the noble 

 sport of horse-racing, and permitted Lord George 

 to share a few horses with him. This induced 

 Lord George to make several other purchases, 

 running his horses in the name of the Duke of 

 Richmond. These purchases were, in 1832, Kislar 

 Aga and a black yearling colt by Reveller ; and 

 in 1833, a chestnut filly, Chanterelle. In 1835 

 his Lordship bought Pussy, Tiber, and three year- 

 lings viz., a colt by Sultan out of Gold Pin, a 

 colt by Sir Benjamin Backbite, and Wimple, a 



1 The estate in question was at Muirkirk, in Ayrshire. On the 

 death of Lord George Bentinck, his brother, Lord Henry, succeeded 

 to it, and sold it some years later to Mr James Baird of Cambusdoon, 

 whose nephew, Mr John Baird, now holds it. 



