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TABLE II. 



Although Lord George ceased to run any horses 

 after August 1846, he had others entered at Good- 

 wood (some of them very heavily engaged) In 1847, 

 1848, and 1849, which, of course, augmented the 

 value of the stakes. I will venture again to call 

 attention to the extraordinary support given by 

 his Lordship to his favourite meeting ; and as 

 specimen years, let me take 1844 and 1845. Li 

 1844 he ran forty-nine horses there — viz., eleven 

 on the first day, nine on the second, fourteen on 

 the third, and fifteen on the fourth. For the week 

 his stakes and forfeits amounted to £6155 — a sum 

 wholly unparalleled, either before or since, for a 

 single owner of race-horses to put down at one 

 meeting. In 1845 Lord George ran forty-eight 



