210 LORD GEORGE AS A LETTER- WRITER. 



in them ; and they are all such sound - looking 

 horses, besides plenty of size without lumber. I 

 am glad to say all the mares I sent to Touchstone 

 are heavy in foal, Moss Rose included, and I have 

 ten out of twelve in foal to Colwick. — I am, yr. 

 obedt. servant, G. Bentinck. 



" I am very partial to the Colwicks, and wish 

 I had hired him this year. 



" I am sorry to say I have only got three sub- 

 scriptions to Sir Hercules : I wanted six, but he is 

 full." 



From the above letters it can easily be imag- 

 ined that such an establishment as ours, and 

 such a correspondent as Lord George, involved 

 an immense amount of letter - writing on my 

 father's and my part. In addition to answering 

 his Lordship's letters, three of which sometimes 

 came by the same post, we had to attend to 

 nominations, entries, and declarations of forfeit, 

 and also to making arrangements for travelling 

 to the countless race meetings where horses were 

 engaged. All this could not be accomplished 

 without economising time to the utmost. With 

 this end in view, I found it necessary to write 

 a vast number of letters while travelling by 

 railway, and I often had occasion to rejoice that, 

 thanks to his Lordship's kind consideration, I 



