THE DUKE OF RICHMOND. 333 



and heard, I feel persuaded that the Duke of 

 Richmond was not only Lord George's safest 

 guide and most judicious friend, but also that 

 insensibly he was to no slight degree a pattern for 

 his Lordship between 1841 and 1848. 



In one of his numerous letters to the ' Times,' 

 Admiral Bous states that during the whole of his 

 long experience of the Turf, he had come across 

 only two owners of horses — the fourth Duke of 

 Portland, and the fifth Earl of Glasgow — who 

 raced solely for honour, without one mercenary 

 thought in their minds. I cannot understand 

 why Admiral Rous excluded the fifth Duke of 

 Richmond from the above-named category. How- 

 ever honourably and unselfishly the Duke of 

 Portland and Lord Glasgow may have conducted 

 their racing operations, it is impossible that in 

 this respect they should have surpassed my old 

 master, the Duke of Richmond. It is because I 

 believe such noblemen as the three just men- 

 tioned ought to be held up to the admiration 

 and the possible imitation of their successors in 

 all future ages, that I now take delight in supply- 

 ing the following details respecting his Grace's 

 racing career and high-souled disposition. 



He was born" on the 3d August 1791, and suc- 

 ceeded to the title and estates of his ancestors 

 upon the death/^ in Canada, of his father, the 

 fourth Duke, in August 1819. At an early age 

 his Grace was sent to Mr Howe's school at Chis- 



