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On no occasion do I remember that lie was more 

 gratified with his success than when his old favourite 

 Mus won the Orleans Cup in 1841, it being one 

 of the most striking examples of the glorious un- 

 certainties of racing, as Mus, eight years old, had 

 to concede thirteen pounds to Hyllus, a five-year-old 

 horse, which had run second to Charles XII., after a 

 severe race for the Goodwood Cup the day before, 

 when the betting was 3 to 1 against Hyllus, 1 1 to 2 

 against Charles XII. 



As the Orleans Cup was run over the same course 

 as the Goodwood Cup, 3 to 1 was laid on Hyllus, and 

 5 to 1 against Mus. With such odds against his horse, 

 his Grace was naturally much pleased at the result, 

 added to which the cup being given by his Royal 

 Highness the Duke of Orleans, greatly enhanced the 

 value of it to his Grace. About this period Lord 

 George Bentinck, having ceased running his horses 

 in other persons' names, his Grace permitted his Lord- 

 ship to have all his horses trained at Goodwood; 

 consequently, in the autumn of 1841 they were re- 

 moved from Danebury thither. So large an addition 

 to the number of horses in training necessitated 

 extensive additional stabling and exercising-ground, 

 which the Duke allowed Lord George to effect, till 

 the accommodation assumed unequalled proportions, 

 as in the course of each of three or four years there 

 were as many as 120 horses in training. There are 



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