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his own horse Phlegon for the Port Stakes in 

 1844, that Lothario should never run again with- 

 out carrying some of his Lordship's money. 



When the weights appeared for the Liverpool 

 July Cup, Lothario was handicapped according to 

 his Ascot Stakes form, which Thomas Dawson, the 

 trainer of Inheritress, made sure that he could 

 beat with Mr A. Johnstone's Rowena, 4 years, 

 7 st. 2 Ib. All this Lord George, who knew 

 everything that was going on, repeated to me 

 when he came to Goodwood, adding that Mr 

 Meiklam made light of Lothario's chance. I 

 replied that if between the 10th of June and the 

 17th of July I could not improve Lothario from 7 

 to 10 Ib., there was no use in exercise, vigilance, 

 and training. The Duke of Richmond was never 

 fond of trying his horses when he believed them 

 to be well and fit, and therefore Lothario was not 

 "put through the mill" before the Liverpool Cup, 

 which he undoubtedly would have been if Lord 

 George's property. The horse gave me entire 

 satisfaction, however, and went through a good 

 preparation, becoming, so far as I could judge 

 without taking off his clothes, as fit as possible. 

 Lord George trusted him with a very big stake, as 

 was proved by his starting first favourite in the 

 teeth of the heavy sums laid out by the northern 

 division on Tom Dawson's lot, as well as on Mr 

 Bell's Winesour and Mr Mostyn's Milton. The 



