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uncle. The Albury arrangement did not, however, 

 last long ; and the royal stud, after a short sojourn 

 at the sadly small Old Pavilion stables at Brighton, 

 was finally removed, under Smallman's charge, to 

 Perren's stables, at Newmarket. Lord Darlington 

 was at this time one of Perren's principal masters, 

 and a Haphazard confederacy was entered into be- 

 tween him and the Prince, which shortly came to an 

 end in consequence of some difference about a 

 match between this horse and Dick Andrews, at 

 Lewes. Chifney senior had still the Prince's riding, 

 but Perren was enabled to give young Sam some 

 mounts among his other masters, when an unfortu- 

 nate outburst of indignation on the part of Will, who 

 was now about eighteen, in the High Street of New- 

 market, not only brought him for six dreary months 

 within the bolts of the Cambridge jail, and broke off 

 the connection between his family and the Prince, 

 but induced the Duke of Grafton and several other 

 leading owners of horses to withdraw their riding 

 retainers from his brother. On the real nature and 

 circumstances of this painful affair there is no need 

 to dwell. The utmost that could be said of Chifney 

 senior was that he showed a want of firmness. His 

 riding fame in this instance was his bane, and it was 

 hardly to be wondered at that owners should do their 

 very utmost to secure the " first call" of him. Four 

 out of the five concerned in it have passed away, and 

 though the indignation of Will was only such as a 

 lad of high principle had a right to feel when he 

 considered that his father had been hardly dealt with, 

 his wrath was unfortunately vented on one who was 

 after all only an involuntary agent in the matter. 

 Suffice it to say, that time soon applied its healing 

 touch, and that the kind feeling and intercourse 

 between Colonel Leigh and William Chifney were 

 renewed before twelve months had passed away, and 

 continued unbroken till the Colonel's death, in 1850. 



