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some dozen or more seasons), and then aug- 

 mented to eight by the undesirable addition of a 

 Second July in 1890. 



Durine the reien of Georore III. there were 

 still a goodly number of ladies 'on the turf,' in- 

 cluding the Countess of Northumberland, Mrs. 

 Bigland, Miss Longueville, Miss Nancy Forster, 

 Mrs. Anderson, Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Egerton, 

 Miss Chamberlaine, Miss and Miss Betty Pearson, 

 Miss Dolly Jackson, Mrs. Carter, Miss Benton, 

 Mrs. Anne Jackson, Miss Thistlethwaite, Miss 

 Steward, Miss Martindale, Mrs. Ellis, Mrs. R. 

 Lambert, Miss Vevers, Miss Walker, Mrs. (the 

 Hon.) Fettyplace, Miss Cornwall, Mrs. Deighton, 

 the Duchess of Kingston (the notorious Miss 

 Chudleigh), Mrs. Manton (at Barnet in 1765, 

 though we are more accustomed to ' Mr.' in our 

 days), Miss Lloyd, Mrs. Johnson, Miss Garret, 

 Miss Hale, Mrs. (Erie) Drax, Mrs. Martindale, 

 Lady Craven (the notorious Margravine of 

 Anspach), Mrs. Binfield, Lady Catherine Powlett, 

 Miss Simpson, Lady Bampfylde (ancestress of 

 the Lords Poltimore), Mrs. (the Hon.) Brand 

 (Gertrude Roper, Baroness Dacre, ancestress of 

 the respected Speaker of the House of Commons), 



