"THE ROTHSCHILD OF TATTERSALL S. 85 



influential patron of Newmarket ; and Lord George 

 Bentinck in his day was regarded by many as 

 " The Rothschild of Tattersall's." 



It was always Lord George's opinion that the 

 most satisfactory races are those over a distance 

 of ground, and of his preference evident proof was 

 afforded by his gift of the Waterloo Shield, the 

 largest and most valuable prize ever given to a 

 race by one person, which was run for at the 

 Goodwood meeting of 1837. It may appear to 

 some that the three prizes of £1000 each, so 

 generously given in 1890 by Mr C. D. Rose, were 

 each of them equal to the Waterloo Shield ; but 

 the advertised cost of the latter was greatly ex- 

 ceeded by additional embellishments suggested by 

 his Lordship after it was supposed to be completed. 

 This magnificent piece of plate was, in conformity 

 with Lord George's predilections, run for over the 

 King's Plate Course of about three miles and three 

 quarters. There were forty subscribers of £25 

 each, fifteen forfeit, and eighteen runners, and 

 the shield was won by Colonel Peel's Slane, who 

 claimed a 7 lb. allowance for having been beaten 

 in the Cup. Since 1834 it had been the custom 

 for one of the Stewards of Goodwood races to give 

 a Cup of £100 value. In 1837 the Earl of Albe- 

 marle was Steward with Lord George Bentinck, 

 and being the senior of the two, he did not feel 

 disposed to relinquish his right to give the annual 

 £100 Cup; so that, in order to enhance the popu- 



