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be no doubt that about that time Lord George 

 was beginning to tire of politics, which thus far 

 had brought him nothing but disappointment, 

 while imposing heavy demands upon his pocket. 

 In this impression I am confirmed by the letter 

 which he wrote to me from Welbeck on the day 

 following the St Leger of 1848, bidding me meet 

 him on the following Saturday at the Turf Tavern, 

 Doncaster, behind which his Lordship's old pad- 

 docks were situated, which, on his withdrawal 

 from the Turf, passed into the Earl of Glasgow's 

 hands. When I met Lord George on the ap- 

 pointed day, he immediately remarked to me : 

 " I found racing expensive when I was mixed 

 up with it, but nothing like so expensive as poli- 

 tics, for I never saw such a hungry lot of fellows 

 as these politicians ; they are never satisfied ! I 

 want you, therefore, to pick out eight or ten horses 

 for me, and I will have another try at the Turf. 

 You and I got on very well together before, and I 

 have no doubt that we shall do so again." 



Of course I was overjoyed to hear that my dear 

 old master had resolved to return to the arena in 

 which he had once been so conspicuous, and I can 

 truly say that my satisfaction was greater on his 

 account than on my own. I then ventured to ask 

 him what kind of horses he wished me to purchase 

 for him, and of what age. He replied at once, and 

 with unusual cordiality, " I leave it entirely to 



