CONTENTS Xlll 



CHAPTEK XVI 



PAOE 



Lord March and riding orders — Opera-girls and petit souper.-i 

 — Selwyu's cash to the rescue — Lord March and high 



living — Result of the ' d d races ' for his lordship's 



purse — A stomach at forty ! — Mutual obligations of 

 March and Selwyn — La Rena — The stage — Lord March 

 takes his little girl to Newmarket — Trepidations — A 

 commission to Selwyn 116 



CHAPTEE XVII 



Lord March's racing record for 1766 — His advice to Selwyn 

 respecting a vis-d-vis — Fans — Zamparini v. Rena — His 

 lordship on 'letters that go in trunks' — Another 'French 

 leave' monetary transaction — Lord March made Vice- 

 Admiral of Scotland — His supposed fitness for the post 

 — Selwyn's wit in the palace — Intrusted with com- 

 missions for La Zamparini — Lord March's purchases not 

 to be confounded with those of her grace — La Rena again 

 — Anecdote of Catharine, Duchess of Queensberry, . 124 



CHAPTER XVIII 



A poor racing record — The Turf about 1767 — A worse racing 

 record for Lord March, 1768 — Stable matters — Lord 

 March's racing, 1769 and 1770 — The strange case of Lord 

 March v. Pigot — Result, 132 



CHAPTER XIX 



Excerpts from letters continued — Lord March and the ' grim 

 tyrant' — His valetudinarianism — A long list of racing 

 engagements — Result — His lordship's references to 

 Colonel Crawford — Not affected by the Colonel's position 

 — Good advice to Selwyn — Madame la Marchesa Fagniani 

 and Selwyn — Letter written by her to Selwyn — Remarks 

 —Lord March's Turf record, 1772, 139 



