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TABLE II. 



Although Lord George ceased to run any horses 

 after August 1846, he had others entered at Good- 

 wood (some of them very heavily engaged) in 1847, 

 1848, and 1849, which, of course, augmented the 

 value of the stakes. I will venture again to call 

 attention to the extraordinary support given by 

 his Lordship to his favourite meeting ; and as 

 specimen years, let me take 1844 and 1845. In 

 1844 he ran forty-nine horses there viz., eleven 

 on the first day, nine on the second, fourteen on 

 the third, and fifteen on the fourth. For the week 

 his stakes and forfeits amounted to 6155 a sum 

 wholly unparalleled, either before or since, for a 

 single owner of race-horses to put down at one 

 meeting. In 1845 Lord George ran forty-eight 



