188 LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



"Newmarket Craven Meeting, 1843. 



Thursday, April 20. 



Sweepstakes of 200 sovereigns each, half-forfeit, for 

 three-year-olds. D.M. Nine subscribers. 



Lord George Bentinck's b.c. Gaper, 8 st. 4 lb. (S. Eogers), 1. 

 Lord Chesterfield's b.c. New Brighton, 8 st. 7 lb. (Flatman), 2. 

 Duke of Bedford's br.c. Jerry Sneak, 8 st. 7 lb. (E.Edwards), 3. 

 "Betting — 9 to 1 on Gaper. Won by a short neck. 

 Three lengths between second and third." 



;, "Newmarket, Thursday, April 20, 1843, 



" Kent, — I am sorry to say all our hopes are 

 gone. Gaper, though by the grace of the 3 lb. 

 allowed him he got in first, ran a very moderate, 

 not to say a very bad, horse to-day. Nat and 

 Sam Rogers being both ordered to make play, 

 they came away as hard as they could, head-to- 

 head together. Gaper with the whip-hand, but 

 never able to get away from New Brighton. He 

 ran, however, very game at last, and, thanks to 

 the 8 lb., just crawled in a head first at last. 

 Before starting, and during the race, 11 to 1 and 

 12 to 1 was taken freely about him for the Derby, 

 but after the race 1000 to 10 went a-begging 

 against him ! ! ! Scott turned New Brighton over 

 to Taylor to train, after trying him last year to be 

 good for nothing ; whilst Taylor this year, having 

 tried him with Gamecock, thought him good for 

 nothing also. I am quite beat, and do not pretend 

 to understand it. By the running with Rooksnest 

 it would seem as though St Jean d'Acre were 



