286 THE DERBY OF 1848. 



the trial at great advantage, so that he and all the 

 members of the Goodwood family, together Avith 

 Mr Lloyd, had the satisfaction of winning good 

 stakes after hedging their money. Lord George 

 Bentinck himself won about £11,000. Had his 

 Lordship not disposed of his stud, it is im- 

 possible to conjecture what he might have won 

 upon such a horse. His mind and heart seemed, 

 however, to be entirely concentrated upon politics 

 after he had parted with his race-horses. Racing, 

 to which he was formerly so devoted, passed en- 

 tirely out of his head, and his betting soon became 

 extremely limited. 



I cannot remember a single instance of his en- 

 deavouring to obtain information from Mr Lloyd 

 or from myself about any of the animals Avhich he 

 had sold to Mr Mostyn. Having occasion to write 

 to Lord George about Christmas time, in 1846, I 

 mentioned, with Mr Mostyn's permission, what I 

 thought of Surplice, from the form he displayed in 

 his trials as a yearling, knowing how interested he 

 would be, as Surplice had been thought likely to 

 go wrong in his wind — an infirmity which he might 

 have inherited from Camel, his grandsire, who was 

 a bad roarer. Every opportunity was therefore 

 afforded to enable him to be trained for the Derby. 

 His great size and j^hysical conformation required 

 that he should not be hurried, and fortunately he 

 inherited some of the stoutness of Priam, and the 

 good constitution of Emilius. It was averred by 



