108 'OLD Q' 



her nigger wanted to assume the purple by descent 

 and not by charity, she quickly said, ' Oh ! if that is 

 so, Master Soubise, I must lower your crest,' and 

 immediately articled him to a professor of fencing. 

 I need not follow any further this Ethiopian gentle- 

 man, who faithfully portrayed the old, old adage, 

 ' Set a beggar on horseback,' etc. 



From a racing point of view, the year 1763 was a 

 great improvement on the preceding one, as Lord 

 March, out of thirteen engagements, won four 

 matches, which in stakes alone brought him thirteen 

 hundred guineas. 



But that some cause must have prevented Lord 

 March from pursuing his Turf career with his usual 

 spirit, the next few years' records will make evident. 

 What that cause was must remain a matter of doubt, 

 although his correspondence with Selwyn may offer 

 some suggestion. 



