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money ; and in addition to the Goodwood Stakes 

 and Cup won by Miss Elis, and to the Great 

 Yorkshire Handicap won by My Mary, it came 

 to my knowledge that his two best races in 

 1845 were the Liverpool Cup, won by the Duke 

 of Kichmond's Lothario, and the Cesarewitch, 

 won by Mr Watts's The Baron. Upon these 

 five races his Lordship must have landed in bets 

 not less than from £60,000 to £70,000, and this 

 large sum was augmented when the Duke of 

 Kichmonds Red Deer won the Port Stakes at 

 Newmarket, Picnic won the One Thousand Guineas, 

 and Refraction the Oaks. In the last-named race 

 Lord George had three mares of his own — Miss 

 Elis, Pose of Cashmere, and Longitude — engaged, 

 all of which started, as they had shown some form. 

 None of them had been tried with the Duke of 

 Richmond's Refraction, and therefore his Lordship 

 confined himself to backing " Kent's lot " for a 

 large sum, whereby he showed more judgment than 

 by taking 8 to 1 about Miss Elis, while Refraction's 

 starting price was 25 to 1. 



But, as I have already said, one of his biggest 

 coups in connection with that fortunate year was 

 upon the five-year-old Lothario, Avhen he won the 

 Liverpool Cup, for which he started first favourite 

 in a strong field at 4 to 1, to which price he was 

 brought by Lord George's money. Among the 

 eighteen starters were reckoned some fairly good 

 old horses, such as Corinna (who subsequently won 



