52 SEYMOUR, 



who presided over it with so much be- 

 nefit to the turf and to the nation. It 

 has long since become extinct as a first- 

 rate racing stable, and the stud dispersed 

 all over the kingdom ; but the blood of 

 old Gohanah still runs in the veins of 

 the most celebrated horses of the present 

 day. 



I cannot forbear relating an anecdote 

 here of that haughty old nobleman, 

 the Duke, though the reader may say, 

 what has this to do with stage-coaches? 

 But, as the incident occurred at the 

 princely mansion I have had occasion to 

 mention, and as the place, though not 

 the time, comes within my early remi- 

 niscences, it will not be travelling far 

 out of the record, as the lawyers say, 

 to give it a place here. 



The lordly owner of this splendid domain, 

 and master of one of the finest racing 

 studs in the kingdom, sent for Seymour, 



