194 LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



* A British Yeoman ' ; but I cannot flatter myself 

 that you will be able to do so. 



" I find that, besides the colt by Slane out of 

 Zoe, belonging to Isaac Day, which John Day has 

 in training, and of which they were fond, there is a 

 colt by Elis out of Rosalie, trained by Montgomery 

 Dilly, which they have tried to be smart, and Mr 

 Greville was backing last Monday for the Derby. 

 I hope, however, that Bramble may prove good 

 enough to pull me through. 



" The ground was very heavy, which may account 

 for the trial of the two two-year-olds coming off 

 so very wrong. They both got off well — viz., they 

 were the two first ; whilst Charming Kate lost two 

 lengths' start, and appeared to run slow in the 

 early part, but won very easy at last. Pastoral ran 

 faster than anything for 300 yards, and then stood 

 still. She is a mean, little, short, runtish-looking 

 animal, with short quarters, but strong back, good 

 shoulders, good legs, and good feet ; looks like a 

 strong hack. To look at the lot, it was 4 to 1 on 

 Pastoral. Mr Wreford's is said to be the worst of 

 all John Day's lot, but Boe was fond of Midnight 

 Star. I should think Abraham never can have got 

 Best Bower out in your trial : I think he ran fast 

 and tired in his race yesterday. 



" I have quite decided not to run Gaper to-day. 



" I fear Brother to Harold must beat Discord 

 to-day. I suspect he is much about the form of 

 Peeping Tom. Mr Collins, who is rather thick 



