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done is to get 700 to 100 about the lot for the 

 Chester Cup. I wish I had had the luck to get 

 the odds about the three-year-olds. I have desired 

 my commissioners to be on the look-out for any 

 repetition of such offers. I do sincerely hope I 

 may get through in my match with The Caster." 



On March 19 his Lordship wrote me: "I am 

 delighted to hear so good a report of Bramble. 

 If he can ivin his match, it ivill jiay all my for- 

 feits at the Spring Meetings, which is as much 

 as I can expect to do. I am very glad to hear 

 Kitchener seems to manag-e Red Deer so well. 

 I have now got on the odds to £285 about the 

 lot at 7 1 to 1, and the odds to £75 outright about 

 Red Deer, which averages, I believe, about 24 to 

 1. It has been very hard work to get on ; all in 

 £10 bets. Your father and you shall stand at 

 25 to 1. Your father wishes to stand £20 — 

 viz., 500 to 20 ; let me know what you would 

 like to stand. I am bound to confess that I 

 think Chester the worst course in England for a 

 ' feather ' ; if it were at Newmarket, Goodwood, 

 or even Bath, I should not be much afraid. If 

 Bramble wins his match against The Caster, he 

 will be first favourite for the Chester Cup ; and 

 from what you write me I cannot help being- 

 very sanguine." Bramble's match against The 

 Caster was for 1200 guineas (Beacon Course). 

 Although John Scott's party were very confident 

 of winning with The Caster, Bramble made strong 



