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worthy of special notice. When Mr Downall 

 came back from Ceylon, and made his home per- 

 manently in England, he kindly provided a 

 harbour of. refuge for Treen, where the old man, 

 whose experience had been longer and more 

 diversified than that of most of his training 

 brethren, settled down quietly with sufficient 

 employment to amuse him in looking after Mr 

 Downall's hunting stud. To the last, not un- 

 mindful of Vitellius, Clermont, Loupgarou, and 

 Windischgratz, he did not despair of bringing off 

 another coup. Fate, however, decreed otherwise, 

 as he died last week after a few hours' illness. 

 He was a remarkably well - conducted and civil 

 man, who never got drunk, never swore, and 

 never took liberties with his employers. Few of 

 his craft have gone before him to the silent land 

 with a more satisfactory record." 



I have often regretted that Sir William Gregory, 

 who knew the Turf and all its intricacies as well 

 as Sir Walter Scott's "William of Deloraine" 

 knew the passes and fords of the Scottish Border, 

 could never be prevailed upon to write a history 

 of the " Sport of Kings," to which he was as 

 attached in theory during his declining years as 

 he had been in practice during his vigorous youth. 

 He was the only man of my acquaintance possessed 

 of the literary ability, and also of the keen insight 

 into character, requisite to enable him to draw cor- 



