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sail he considered very promising, and wished 

 them to be conveyed in vans to prevent their 

 incurring any risk in travelling on foot. This 

 arrangement necessitated the employment of four 

 vans (two double and two single ones) for four days, 

 on the journey from Goodwood to Danebury and 

 back, a distance by road of about 106 miles per day. 

 I left home between four and five each morning, 

 and returned at night about ten o'clock. My 

 daily freight consisted of horses in training and 

 of yearlings, as I did not think it advisable to 

 convey all the yearlings by themselves. Under 

 the most favourable circumstances my responsi- 

 bility was far too great to be pleasant. Before 

 leaving Danebury in the morning, I was occupied 

 for two or three hours in making arrangements 

 for the journey, some of the youngsters being most 

 difficult to get into the vans, and refractory when 

 there, not to mention that during the journey 

 they were sometimes almost unmanageable. What 

 with the fatigue of the four consecutive days' 

 journey and the anxiety attending it, I was glad 

 enough when my task was completed ; especially 

 as I was under the impression that the removal 

 could have been effected with considerably less 

 expense, less risk, and inconvenience, had all the 

 horses left Danebury on the same day, and pro- 

 ceeded on foot to Goodwood. So positive and 

 peremptory, however, were his Lordship's instruc- 

 tions, that I came to the conclusion he had more 



