198 LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



" From this I take it that is about the mark of 

 the Wadastra colt and the Ugly Buck. 



" I fear St Lawrence could give four stone or 

 four stone and a half to the best two-year-old we 

 can produce. I enclose a handicap. I have 

 assumed that T.Y C., instead of half a mile, York- 

 shire Lady would give the two - year - olds more 

 weight, viz., 28 Ib. I am, yr. obed. servt., 



" G. BENTINCK. 



"I consider 21 Ib. about the weight a three- 

 year-old should give a two-year-old, half a mile. 



"T.Y.C. 



Years. st. Ib. 



St Lawrence . . . 6 911 



Garryowen . . . 6 9 11 



Discord . . . . 6 97 



Jeremy Diddler . . . 4 94 



Gaper . . . . 3 87 



Cotherstone . . . 3 87 



St Jean d'Acre . . . 4 77 



Yorkshire Lady . . 4 70 



Farintosh . . . 3 6 10 



Rooksnest . . . 3 67 



The Brewer . .367 



The Devil-to-Pay . . 2 5 10 



Prince of Wales . 2 56 



Pastoral. . . . 2 50 



Best Bower . . . 2 50" 



The description of Gaper's Derby was given in 

 an earlier chapter. For myself, I must avow that 

 I have never been able to reconcile myself to his 

 defeat on that day by Cotherstone. Without 



