SUCCESSES IN 1844. 11*7 



1 feather " and Vibration 8 st. 9 Ib. The betting 

 ^vas very heavy, as it was considered absurd to 

 *un a two-year-old over such a long course against 

 i good five-year-old mare ; but to win such a race 

 vas the height of his Lordship's ambition. 



The stable's successes in 1844 commenced with 

 ;he victory of the Duke of Richmond's Red Deer 

 or the Chester Cup. The betting was heavy, and 

 ;he race had never been won before by a three- 

 rear-old ; in fact, three-year-olds were not entered 

 or it until two years previously, when his Lordship 

 >ut some in. During the winter Lord George was 

 ible to get on a large stake in small sums by back- 

 ng the three-year-olds, Kent's lot, and Red Deer 

 >utright, without directing attention to the horse. 

 \_s Red Deer was handicapped at 4 st., it ap- 

 >eared to Lord George so great a certainty that 

 le made a book for him, laying against others, 

 .n a letter to me dated January 13, 1844, he says : 

 6 1 am glad to see Red Deer in at 4 st. (as well 

 is Strathspey) for the Chester Cup ; for "if Kitch- 

 ener can get Red Deer out, and if he is the horse 

 >ver a distance of ground that you tried him 

 ;o be, I don't see how he can be beaten." With 

 lis Lordship's love for heavy speculations it may 

 )e easily imagined to what extent he would bet 

 ipon a race of this description, when entertaining 

 iie opinion he expresses in the above letter. In 

 mother letter, written from Harcourt House, Feb- 

 uary 24, 1844, he says: "At present all I have 



