202 LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



lowing description is from ' The Racing Calen- 

 dar ' :- 



" BATH AND BRISTOL BACES, 1842. 



Tuesday, April 19. 

 The Somersetshire Stakes Handicap. 



Lord George Bentinck's Tripoli, 3 yrs., a feather (Sharp), 1. 

 Mr Haley's ch.m. Bellissima, aged, 7 st. 13 lb., 2. 



" Seven others started. Betting 6 to 4 against Tripoli, 

 7 to 2 against Bellissima. 



" Thursday, April 21. 



"The City Cup, of 100 sovereigns, added to a Sweep- 

 stakes of 20 sovereigns each; half-forfeit ; 18 subscribers; 

 2J miles. 



Lord George Bentinck's b. f. Topsail, 3 yrs., 6 st. 5 lb. (W. 



Hewlett), 1. 



Mr Bigg's ch. c. Eleus, 3 yrs., 6 st. 6 lb., 2. 

 Mr Wade's gr. c. Greenham Boy, 4 yrs., 7 st. 12 lb., 3. 



" Betting 3 to 1 on Eleus. Won easily by two lengths." 



I should mention that Lord George sent Top- 

 sail to Bath solely for the purpose of meeting 

 Eleus, and that he wrote to me the day before 

 the race, giving me orders not to allow Topsail 

 to run unless Eleus started. His Lordship gave 

 a heavy commission to back Topsail, and was 

 rewarded by winning a very good stake, about 

 which he cared nothing in comparison with tri- 

 umphing over the Danebury stable. 



I now come to a letter written in 1844 from 

 Bonehill, where his Lordship had paddocks, as 



