100 REMOVAL FROM DANEBURY. 



reasons for such arrangements than he cared to 

 express. As we were starting from Danebury on 

 the last day, John Day's lads jeered at my lads, 

 and told them that all Lord George's horses com- 

 bined were not worth as much as their journey to 

 Goodwood would cost. Before the end of the 

 following year they had to change their tone, 

 especially when Firebrand won the One Thousand 

 Guineas, Flytrap the Column, and Tedworth a 

 One Hundred Sovereign Stake, all at Newmarket ; 

 Misdeal the St James's Palace Stakes, at Ascot, 

 value 650 ; the Racing Stakes, at Goodwood, 

 value 1300 ; the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, 

 at Newmarket, value 1100. That same year, 

 also, Tripoli won the Somersetshire Stakes, and 

 Topsail the Cup, at Bath ; Mustapha a stake at 

 Goodwood of the value of 1950; and finally, 

 Gaper the Criterion, at Newmarket. 



Lord George's instructions to me were to take 

 my own lads and servants in the Duke of Rich- 

 mond's vans, which his Grace lent him. My next 

 instructions were to arrange for the transport of 

 the cart-horses, carts, rollers, &c., from Danebury 

 to Goodwood, and to provide temporary shelter for 

 them near the stables at the latter place, as, natu- 

 rally, such an addition to the Goodwood establish- 

 ment made it necessary to provide greater accom- 

 modation, which his Lordship, with the consent of 

 the Duke of Richmond, lost no time in doing. He 

 superintended the work at Goodwood personally, 



