180 THE GOODWOOD STABLE IN 1845. 



In both races Miss Elis was ridden without 

 spurs. The large sum — about £30,000 — won by 

 Lord George on the Stakes and Cup would have 

 been much reduced had the mare been tried before 

 the former race. 



To commemorate the double triumph more fully, 

 Lord George presented my father with a picture of 

 Miss Elis, concerning which he wrote the following 

 characteristic letter : — 



" Harcourt House, Aug. 6, 1845. 



" Kent, — As a token of my sense of the ability 

 and skill with which you and John trained Miss 

 Elis for the Goodwood Stakes and Goodwood Cup, 

 and as a memorial of the fidelity with which on 

 this occasion in particular my secrets were kept, 

 by which I was enabled to win, and without which 

 I could not have won, the large stake I did win, it 

 is my intention to make you a present of a picture, 

 in which I propose that your portrait and John's 

 as well as hers should be comprehended. 



" In presenting you with this memorial of your 

 joint triumph with your son, I must add the wish 

 that the picture I give you shall descend as an 

 heirloom in your family. The way I propose to 

 group the picture is that Abdale should be mounted 

 upon her, John leading her in his left hand — 

 dressed in his Gordon tartan waistcoat — whilst 

 you must be on the old grey mare, in your Cluny 

 Macpherson waistcoat. The scene should be in 

 the front of the Goodwood stand ; a picture of 



