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him, however, as is now the fashion, by extrava- 

 gant presents and undue famiHarity. 



It was not without heavy expenditure and 

 strict attention to business that Lord George was 

 able in 1845 to win 58 races, amounting collectively 

 in value to between £17,000 and £18,000. That 

 year his Lordship had sixty horses in training, 

 thirty-six of which started in 195 races. The ac- 

 counts sent in by my father for the first half of 

 the year were £4358, 13s. ll|d., and £5586, 5s. 6d. 

 for the second half, making together an aggregate 

 of £9944, 19s. 5id. To this must be added 

 jockey's fees, about £800 ; stakes, £5970 ; forfeits, 

 £4420. Nor must I omit to include his Lordship's 

 breeding-studs at Doncaster, Bonehill, and Dane- 

 bury, among which three stallions, sixty brood- 

 mares, and from forty to fifty yearlings, together 

 with about the same number of foals, were dis- 

 tributed. Taken altogether, his Lordship's ex- 

 penses could not have been less than £40,000 in 

 1845 — a large sum to recover before anything 

 could be put to the profit side. His Lordship 

 was well aware — it was, indeed, an accepted axiom 

 in those days — that without heavy and successful 

 betting no man could make a large stud pay ; and 

 also, that without the closest attention to details, 

 trials, and the public running of his own and of 

 other horses, it was impossible for any man to 

 win by betting. There can be no question that 

 the increasing demands of his Lordship's parlia- 



