Lord Charles Somerset was the younger son of the fifth Duke of Beaufort, who had been Master of the Horse. He inherited a love and understanding of horses and a personality which combined arrogance of manner, hatred of opposition, and a certain ruthlessness of method. These qualities enabled him to bring about, within 10 years, a startling improvement in the half-bred Caper and its racing. The one was never again as good after his time; the other not until the 1880s. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 258.

Lord Charles Somerset was the younger son of the fifth Duke of Beaufort, who had been Master of the Horse. He inherited a love and understanding of horses and a personality which combined arrogance of manner, hatred of opposition, and a certain ruthlessness of method. These qualities enabled him to bring about, within 10 years, a startling improvement in the half-bred Caper and its racing. The one was never again as good after his time; the other not until the 1880s. The History of Horse Racing by Roger Longrigg, page 258.

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