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LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



" From this I take it that is about the mark of 

 the Wadastra colt and the Ugly Buck. 



" I fear St Lawrence could give four stone or 

 four stone and a half to the best two-year-old we 

 can produce. I enclose a handicap. I have 

 assumed that T.Y C, instead of half a mile, York- 

 shire Lady would give the two - year - olds more 

 weight, viz., 28 lb. — I am, yr. obed. servt., 



" G. Bentinck. 



"I consider 21 lb. about the weight a three- 

 year-old should give a two-year-old, half a mile. 



''T.Y.C. 



St Lawrence 

 Garryowen 

 Discord . 

 Jeremy Diddler 

 Gaper 

 Cotherstone 

 St Jean d'Acre 

 Yorkshire Lady 

 Farintosh 

 Rooksnest 

 The Brewer 

 The Devil-to-Pay 

 Prince of Wales 

 Pastoral . 

 Best Bower 



The description of Gaper's Derby was given in 

 an earlier chapter. For myself, I must avow that 

 I have never been able to reconcile myself to his 

 defeat on that day by Cotherstone. Without 



