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ship's interests were concerned. It was, indeed, a 

 virtual defeat to Lord George, for he had, as I have 

 said, backed Crazier, and so lost; thus completely 

 shattering his reputation for judgment in backing the 

 worse horse of the two. On this he became furiously 

 excited ; and when the dead-heat between Mathe- 

 matician and King of Morvin was run off, betted with 

 still more extravagant recklessness than he had done 

 before ; and being beat again, gave rein to his uncon- 

 trollable temper — as I have previously related — and 

 offered to sell, and ultimately sold, every horse he 

 had for £10,000. 



In conclusion, I may perhaps describe the career of 

 this illustrious nobleman as that of a disappointed 

 man. If, like Mr. Osbaldeston, he could do many 

 things well, on all great occasions he found some one 

 who could do them better. I do not even consider he 

 was successful in racing, considering the laro'e stud he 

 had, and the ample means of supporting it. After 

 leaving Danebury, he was entirely unlucky. He dis- 

 played singular want of judgment both in parting 

 with his stud for a tithe of its value, and in backing 

 one of his own horses against another and a better 

 one. As a soldier, he showed himself captious. 

 His political career was not brilliant. If he was by 

 nature justifiably haughty, he displayed little mag- 

 nanimity on more than one occasion ; and showed 

 himself capable of descending to plebeian vices with- 



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