PREFATORY NOTE VU 



Among the contemporary persons and topics 

 chronicled, some account of the Duke's cousin, 

 Catharine, Duchess of Queensberry, will be found. 



The career of ' Old Q ' shows how success on 

 the Turf was accomplished in his time without 

 other factors than discretion. 



For his grace's foibles I plead no justification, 

 though he somewhat leavened these by never for- 

 getting his rank. 



J. R. R. 



Cricklewood, N.W. 

 May 1895. 



