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loser by racing or betting Curious settlement of trainers' 

 accounts Propensity to bet First transaction with Mr. 

 Padwick How a debt of 22,000 was created Another 

 deal and its result Mr. Padwick as owner of Spye Park 

 Bound to ruin himself Other examples and their lesson 

 Idiosyncrasies; curious 'get-up'; mode of travelling; delight 

 in 'attending a toilet' Personal experience of giving my 

 name ; a * tidy ' practitioner His end, and sale of Spye 

 Park - - 27-40 



CHAPTER III. 



MR. JOHN GULLY. 



Connection with * The Danebury Confederacy ' Origin Thrashes 

 a bully Introduction to the Ring Fights Pierce and Gregson 

 Owen Swift's trial Personal appearance Joint ownership 

 of Andover, Mendicant, and Pyrrhus the First ' Old John 

 Day's bitter pill ' The true story ; my father's real interest 

 in these Mr. R. Tattersall and the purchase of Fortress for 

 Lord Caledon The model auctioneer Gully's assault on 

 Mr. Ridsdale A ' view-holloa ' by the Bar Duel with ' The 

 Squire ' Interference between my father and brother ; dis- 

 ruption of the Danebury stud Harry Hill turned out of 

 Whitewall Danebury to-day Gully and Hill's connection 

 in racing Silent wisdom The bull and the red-coat 

 Policemen treated as nine-pins His end - 40-51 



CHAPTER IV. 



'THE DANEBURY CONFEDERACY.' 



Commissioners and their instructors How Gully and Hill made 

 fortunes Laying against ' dead uns ' Gulling the public 

 Universal temptation A view of turf parasites in 1832 ; 

 Richardson, Bland, and others. 



Harry Hill ; origin ' A thimble and a pea ' Lord George's 

 contempt Exposed by Mr. Ray ner Disadvantages of lying 

 Hill's dress and diversions; loses 20,000 Frank Butler 

 'carpeted' Caught on the Stock Exchange ' An economic 

 principle ' Intestacy and disappearance of his money. 



Mr. Pedley as a bookmaker and songster Wins the Derby 

 with Cossack Subsequent poverty An incident at Chester 

 races Joshua Arnold Saucebox sold below his value Mr. 

 Turner, another of the clique The moral, and a plea for 

 it- - .... f,i.61 



