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be got for it. I have eighteen mares here six of 

 which are certainly in foal to Touchstone, ten 

 certainly in foal to Colwick, Camarine's dam barren 

 to Colwick, and Armida supposed to be barren, but 

 I think in foal. G. B." 



The next letter gives an interesting peep into 

 Lord Chesterfield's racing establishment at Bretby 

 Park in Derbyshire, where during the last twenty 

 years of his Lordship's Turf career his horses were 

 trained by old Tom Taylor, the father of the still 

 living Alec Taylor. Colonel Anson was married to 

 a sister of the Countess of Chesterfield and of 

 Colonel Henry Forester, and many of his mares 

 and yearlings were accommodated at Bretby by 

 Lord Chesterfield, his brother-in-law, as will be 

 seen from the following letter : 



" WELBECK, Nov. 30, 1844. 



" JOHN KENT, I am afraid we have nothing 

 very clipping. As you say, they are always be- 

 hind the old ones, and to be REALLY GOOD they 

 ought to beat such things as Moonshine and the 

 Estelle filly at even weights, T.Y.C. I reckon that 

 the Real filly, Ennui, and Vacuna would about beat 

 the Estelle filly at 16 lb., for I think we may as- 

 sume that they can give the Torch filly 16 lb. If 

 I am right in this, I think they will pay their way, 

 but not do any great things, unless we find one 

 amongst them to be superior over a distance of 



