DANEBURY TO-DAY 49 



disgraceful business by his faithful ally, Harry Hill. I 

 must admit with sorrow, not altogether mingled with 

 shame, that to the machinations of this worthy pair the 

 downfall of once glorious Danebury must be attributed. 

 It is but poor consolation to know that retribution over- 

 took them soon after the completion of this sorry work, 

 and brought with it ' an end of all their greatness ;' 

 whilst on their retirement from the scene of their former 

 glory, they were but little missed and soon forgotten 

 altogether. 



Of Harry Hill and other members of the confederacy, 

 I shall have something to say later. But I may relate 

 here that he was the cause of much unpleasantness at 

 Whitewall, when Mr. Scott was for the time somewhat 

 indebted to him. It was, I believe, in West Australian's 

 year ; and (the then) Lord Derby getting an inkling of 

 what was going on, smartly settled both the difficulty 

 and the man, by giving the latter a cheque for what was 

 due to him, and cutting asunder his connection with that 

 formidable stable. As for Danebury itself , like the Stock- 

 bridge Market of old, it ' now starts from its slumber 

 in vigour again.' It has of late undergone a thorough 

 renovating, and is one of the most complete and prettiest 

 racing establishments in England ; and under the guiding 

 hand of the talented jockey, the lessee, his friends hope 

 it will triumphantly excel even the palmiest days of yore. 



I should here observe that though Gully had many 

 horses of his own, and so also Hill, which were worked 

 independently, the two were confederates, and may be 

 said on the whole to have been successful (I am speaking 

 of the time since I knew them). Amongst those they 

 jointly owned were, I think, Pitsford, Cymba, Hermit by 

 Bay Middleton, Little Harry, Trumpeter, and other 

 serviceable horses, which would have made fortunes for 



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