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CHAPTER XX 



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Gossip again marries Lord March — The lady — Verses on 

 the anticipated marriage — Anecdote of Lord March at 

 York races — His lordship's Turf records for the years 

 1773-1776 — Remarks— Death of Catharine, Duchess of 

 Queensberry— Dick Goodison, alias 'Hell-fire Dick,' and 

 Lord March — A continuance of the March-SelwjTi cor- 

 respondence, ......... 147 



CHAPTER XXI 



Selwyn troubled — The cause — March ' parliamentises ' Selwyn 

 — His lordship's tui'f record, 1777 — The ducal coronet 

 looms in the distance — The fourth Duke of Queensberry 

 — His grace credited with a ' brick-and-mortar phobia ' — 

 Queensberry recrosses the Border — One of the new order 

 of things devised by his grace at Drumlanrig — Brief 

 description of Drumlanrig Castle — The wild herd of 

 cattle there — Selwyn goes to France — A ' decorative ' 

 letter of Queensberry's to ' George ' — His grace's racing 

 record for 1778, 153 



CHAPTER XXII 



Tlie Duke of Queensberry busy — Dr. Warner asked to ex- 

 postulate with Selwjai on the Fagniani — His grace goes 

 to Scotland — Writes Selwyn by deputy — Dr. Warren 

 and his grace — The doctor's opinion of his grace's 

 characteristics — Amesbury, the Duke's English seat — 

 His grace's racing record, 1779 — A house-party at 

 Amesbury, 1780 — Conclusion of the Selwyn correspond- 

 ence, .......... 161 



CHAPTER XXIII 



The Duke of Queensberry's new cook — Dr. Warner's opinion 

 of his grace — He acquires the Earl of Cholmondeley's 

 residence at Richmond, Surrey — Queensberry's racing 



