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George to Lord Maidstone. " I will run you for 

 500 at Goodwood next year with a little filly 

 I have got." To which Lord Maidstone replied, 

 66 John Scott will not take a two-year-old to Good- 

 wood, but I will run you here." Lord Glasgow 

 wished it to be a sweepstakes, that he might put 

 one in, which was agreed to. "I will bet each of 

 you a thousand I beat you," said Lord George. 

 The bets were taken. When the race came off, 6 

 to 4 was laid on Tom Tulloch, but Ennui won easily 

 by four lengths. This success encouraged his Lord- 

 ship to try his yearlings as early as possible, and 

 ultimately some were tried before York Races, 

 with good results. This was one of the many 

 endeavours of Lord George to accomplish what 

 to others appeared impossible. "Nothing is im- 

 possible," he would say, " if you will only try." 

 Whenever I told him that I did not think some 

 wish of his could be carried out, he would say 

 immediately, " Will you try ?'" and if successful, 

 he would greet me with, " I told you it could be 

 done." If unsuccessful, he would say, " As you 

 could not succeed, I suppose it is not possible. 

 I am much obliged to you for trying all the same." 

 A great and just characteristic of his Lordship's 

 was, that he always acknowledged a service ren- 

 dered, and appreciated the effort made. There 

 was no limit to his sanguine self-confidence, or 

 to the resources he suggested and called into 

 play for the purpose of accomplishing some object. 



