INDEX. 



Abbot Stakes, Kangaroo winner of 

 the, in 1865, 132. 



"Abel el Kader," Lord Winchil- 

 sea's, lines from, on Lord Creorge 

 Bentinck, 465. 



Abdale, jockeyship of, 146, 171, 

 180. 



.Egis, Chesterfield Cup won by, 183. 



Alarm, winner of the Cambridge- 

 shire, 224. 



Althorp Park Stakes, Cherokee 

 winner of the, in 1845, 165. 



Andover, progeny of Bay Middle- 

 ton, 73. 



'Annual Register,' the, quoted, on 

 Lord George Bentinck's Irish 

 speech, 444 and n. — on his death, 

 456. 



Anson, Colonel, 207, 258, 401, 406 

 et iKLsshn. 



Anson, the Honourable Mrs, 436. 



Aphrodite, daughter of Bay Mid- 

 dleton, 73. 



Arnull, William, practical jokes on, 

 44 et seq. — services of, as a 

 jockey, 47 — notices of, 91, 304 

 et passim. 



Ashstead stables, the, 79. 



Baird, Sir David, anecdote of, 380 



et seq. 

 Baker, Frank, tramer, 32, 41, 42 



et passim. 

 Barber, Mr, landlord of the Ram 



Inn, 27. 

 Bath Meeting, the, of 1842, account 



of, 202. 



Batthyany, Count, 50. 



Bay Middleton, purchase of, by 

 Lord Geoi'ge Bentinck, 71 — pro- 

 geny of, 72, 103, 104, 140, 188, 

 204, 206 et jiassim — failure of, as 

 a stallion, 74 — successes of pro- 

 geny of, 131 — notices of, 60, 73, 

 92 et passim. 



Beaconsfield, Lord. See Disraeli, 

 Right Hon. B. 



' Bell's Life,' descriptions of Derby 

 of 1848 quoted from, 280, 284— 

 of StLeger of 1848, 290. 



Bentinck Benevolent Fund, forma- 

 tion of tlie, 154. 



Bentinck, Lady Charlotte. >S'ee 

 Ossington, Viscountess. 



Bentinck, Lord William George 

 Frederick Cavendish, birth and 

 parentage of, 1 — military career 

 of, 4 — political career of, 5 et 

 seq., 426 et seq. — his character as 

 a statesman, 8, 185, 422 et passim 

 — early racing days of, 53 et seq. 

 ■ — beginning of his stud, 55 — 

 gains and losses on the Turf by, 

 59 — leaves the Turf, 127 --as 

 a letter-writer, 185 et seq. — speci- 

 mens of his letters, 188, 189, 192, 

 196 et seq. — his gains on the Turf 

 in 1844 and 1845, 225 et seq.— 

 sale of his stud, 241 et seq. — as 

 a Turf refoi'mer, 296 et seq. — • 

 personal habits of, 311 et seq. 

 — last days and death of, 447 

 et seq. 



Blaze, career of, 262. 



