40 JOHN BAYNTON STARKEY, ESQ. 



or indirectly benefited one shilling by the transaction. 

 I need not say I never had any redress ; for Mr. Starkey 

 decamped, and left me to fight the battle single-handed, 

 as best I could. 



Mr. Starkey was born in 1834, he sailed for Australia 

 in 1870, and died at Singleton, New South Wales, in 

 September, 1872. On attaining his majority he is sup- 

 posed to have come into but little ready-money, certainly 

 some. The estate, however, was entirely unencumbered. 

 His stud was sold by Messrs. Tattersall (at Spye Park) 

 in 1863, and the next year the estate followed it. The 

 Derry Hill and Brougham portions brought 175,000 

 together, the former being bought by the then Lord 

 Lansdowne and Mr. Golding, and the latter passing into 

 the hands of the Crown. I believe Major Spicer gave 

 100,000 for Spye Park and the remainder of the pro- 

 perty, making the total, as I have said, 275,000. 



CHAPTER III. 



MB. 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 auc- 

 tioneerGully's assault on Mr. Ridsdale A 'view holloa' by the 

 Bar Duel with ' The Squire ' Intei ference between my father and 

 brother ; disruption 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. 



IT was said by an anonymous writer of the last century 

 that ' If it be more grateful to an ingenuous mind to 



