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skin ' which commended it to more than usual racing 

 notice. The horse his lordship rode ^ was a grey geld- 

 ing. The Duke of Hamilton bestrode a chestnut 

 gelding; weights respectively list. 3|lbs. ^ and 

 list. 71bs. The betting on this event afforded but 

 a poor market for his lordship, being 4 to 1 on his 

 winning — a price justified by Lord March dashing 

 first past the post. On returning to scale, his 

 lordship wanted half a pound to draw ' the scale,' 

 and this caused the match to be awarded to the 

 Duke. 



I cannot find in published records an account of 

 his lordship's explanation of this circumstance. It 

 is, nevertheless, obvious that the discrepancy was 

 scarcely sufiicient to be attributed to an inten- 

 tional action. It was probably due, perhaps, to 

 some accidental escape of shot from extra weight 

 carried. 



This match, deducted from those recorded in the 

 Racing Analysis under the year 1757, gives Lord 

 March's winning record as three out of fifteen en- 

 gagements. 



Lord March took a house in Piccadilly some 

 time about the year 1752. To account for his 



^ Racing Analysis, under date. 



2 It is recorded that his lordship could ride lOst. about this time. 



