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race. The greatest winners were Lord George Ben- 

 tinck, w^ho netted nearly £8000 by Cotherstone, 

 Lord Chesterfield, Colonel Anson (a handsome 

 stake), Mr Bowes, about £12,000, Mr Gully, Mr 

 O'Brien, the Scotts, and others connected with the 

 Malton establishment." Cotherstone won cleverly 

 by two lengths, Gorhambury being second, — the 

 betting being 13 to 8 against Cotherstone, 5 to 1 

 against Gaper, 14 to 1 against Newcourt, with a 

 long list of others who were backed at various odds. 

 Such was the termination of Lord George's long- 

 entertained expectations and anxious hopes. I 

 did not feel quite satisfied, and thought if Gaper 

 had been ridden by Abdale, as in the trial, with 

 a snaffle bridle and without spurs, he would have 

 run better, and might probably have won, his 

 health and condition being so good. As it was, 

 he was ridden by Sam Rogers in a severe curb 

 bridle, and was rattled along so mercilessly that 

 the deep ground soon brought him to a standstill. 

 Like his sire, Gaper was very impetuous, and it 

 was difficult to make him submit to any restraint. 

 He was rather a fine and good-looking horse, with 

 much power, but his legs w^ere so unsound that 

 the Duke of Bichmond remarked to his con- 

 federate, " I suppose, George, you will have this 

 horse painted some day ; when you do, I should 

 advise you to have him taken standing in a 

 quantity of straw to conceal those legs of his." 

 Yet it is very remarkable that Gaper ran fifteen 



