CHAPTER XV 



Vagaries in wagering — A wager made by Lord March recorded in tlie bet- 

 book at 'White's' — Another singular bet — Lord March made a K.T. 

 — His lordship and ' Savage ' Roche at a St. James's Street ' hell ' — 

 Another marriage talked of — Racing record for 1764 — Death of H. R. H. 

 the Duke of Cumberland — Lord March mentioned in a letter by Lord 

 Holland — His lordship meets with ill-fortune — Letters showing 

 March's friendship for Selwyn — Racing record for 1765. 



Lord March spread his bets over men, quadrupeds, 

 and things ; in fact, to use a sporting expression, the 

 'dead-meat market' had no terror for him, if the 

 wager concerned so fleeting a thing as life, in man or 

 beast. Whether living or dead, he made his fellow- 

 creatures bring grist to his mill, as the following 

 curious bet shows — not his last of this description 

 by any means. Nor did he fear staking his own 

 life against time, an assertion which I shall prove in 

 due course. To return to the wager ^ referred to : 



'Lord March bets Lord Orford that Sir Robert Rich, 

 Lord Ligonier, and General Guise are not all living on the 

 15th day of January 1765. 



'^Yhite's, July 15th, 1764.' 



' ITisfory of Whita's. 



