i26 LORD GEORGE BENTINCK. 



ply with his wish. This was the first cause leading to 

 the separation, and the next completed it. Nothing, I 

 imagine, can be more clear to an unbiassed mind 

 than that Lord George would not have cared who was 

 laying against Crucifix (or his other horses), if he 

 himself was not doing so, at the time when he knew 

 she was lame, or would be if she galloped ; for in 

 such a case he would sustain neither loss nor injury. 

 On the other hand, if he was laying against his own 

 horse, he may, indeed, have disapproved of anyone 

 getting a part of what he hoped to get for himself, 

 and of 'the interference with his rights,' if any such 

 rights he had, of which he so bitterly complained, 

 foro'ettino: that 'those that live in Mass-houses should 

 not throw stones.' He wanted her [Crucifix) to be 

 sent home from exercise, and have her clothing 

 changed, for the purpose of deceiving old Mr. Sadler 

 and the touts ; but my father would not consent. 

 Lastly, altercations took place between them and 

 before me, which ended by my father saying : ' If 

 your lordship insists upon this being done, you 

 may take your horses to Goodwood or wherever you 

 please.' To which his lordship ironically replied : 

 ' Perhaps, sir, I ma} r .' 



These facts have come within my own knowledge 

 — I vouch for their accuracy, and have no hesitation 

 in relating them as a matter of history, and as a flat 

 contradiction to Mr. Rice's account. 



It was not till a very long while after the horses 



