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filly by The Colonel. In 1836 and 1837 there 

 were added Zipporah, Front ignac, Chateau La- 

 fitte, Hooghly, and Guava. In 1838 the stud 

 was augmented by The Currier, Tamburini, and 

 others, all running in the name of the Duke of 

 Kichmond. Lord George also had horses running 

 in the names of Lord Orford, Mr Greville, and 

 Lord Lichfield — Ascot and Bodice, for instance, 

 running in Lord Orford's name ; Preserve, Dacre, 

 and Elis in Mr Greville's ; and Elis, Arbaces, 

 Ascot, El Pastor, with others, in Lord Lichfield's. 

 It was not to be expected that so many differ- 

 ent interests could be reconciled for any great 

 length of time without some conflict of opinion 

 arising, and accordingly the two keenest specu- 

 lators. Lord George and Mr Greville, soon came 

 into collision. Their differences became so great 

 that all efforts on the part of their most intimate 

 friends to compose them were of no avail — the 

 result being that the horses in Mr Greville's name 

 were removed to other stables, whilst Elis, with 

 others, was intrusted to John Doe, Lord Lich- 

 field's trainer. Preserve joined Lord George's 

 stud at Doncaster, where his brood mares were 

 under the charge of Mr Bowe, who kept the Turf 

 Tavern, and in whose name his Lordship subse- 

 quently ran most of his horses. 



This Mr John Bowe was at that time ostensibly 

 landlord of the Turf Tavern at Doncaster, but the 

 real lessee was Mr Samuel King, whose daughter 



