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carrying 5 st. and in the following year ran equally 

 badly until she reached Goodwood, when she as- 

 tonished everyone by winning the Stakes and Cup, beat- 

 ing Weatherbit, who was always 7 lb. better than Old 

 England and other good horses. I think if horses 

 belonging to anyone else had run in such a suspicious 

 way as these and many others that I could mention 

 which belonged to his lordship, he would have been 

 the first to have caused a searching inquiry into all 

 the circumstances ; and if the least doubt had appeared 

 to exist as to the honesty of the purpose for which they 

 were started, all connected with the matter would have 

 been mercilessly condemned. For the sake of the reputa- 

 tion of Danebury, it must be remembered that all this 

 conflicting running took place when his horses were 

 trained at Goodwood, except in the cases of Tripoli 

 and Naworth, the former of which I have accounted 

 for, as the latter readily can be. For Naivorth, in 

 order to qualify, was castrated, and ran shortly after, 

 whilst smarting from the unhealed wounds caused by 

 the painful operation, only to lose the race he started 

 for. This incident calls to mind another which has 

 been duly recorded in the following words : 



' Tregonwell Frampton was an accomplished scoundrel 

 and thorough rogue, although a wealthy man and Master 

 of the Horse in several reigns ; and has all the appear- 

 ance of villainy in his features, if a portrait we have seen 

 of him in an old mansion in Yorkshire at all resembles 

 the original. The old wretch is there drawn coolly 

 superintending the castrating of his horse Dragon on 

 the very racecourse, in order to qualify him for the race 

 in which he had, as it is currently recorded, to struggle, 

 mangled, bleeding and humiliated as he was. It is further 

 reported that he won, and died immediately after.' 



