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shire Constabulary had cleared and kept the course 

 on both days that he wished to show his apprecia- 

 tion by giving- them all a dinner at Danebury after 

 the races. Whilst the Hampshire Constabulary 

 were enjoying their feed, we were taking our 

 pleasures in the Long Belt or Plantation with as 

 good a mill for half an hour as it was ever my lot to 

 witness. Mat Collinson, of Birmingham, offered 

 ^loo to ^lo or any part of it on " The Mouse " after 

 the third round. Five minutes afterwards it was 

 lo to I on Lawson, who won at the finish. 



These were the good old days at Danebury — 



though I dare say they have some lively times 



now — when the Duke of Beaufort, the Marquis of 



Hastings, and many other real good sportsmen 



trained their horses there. I think I am right in 



saying they had at one time over a hundred animals 



in training, besides brood-mares and stallions. It 



was a very large establishment to keep up, and so it 



is now, and, I must add, the present master, my friend 



Tom Cannon, is lucky in having two such good and 



worthy sons. Young Tom, who has got too heavy 



for riding, has very sensibly taken to training, and 



I don't know any young fellow who has made a 



more promising start than he has. His brother 



Mornington it is hardly necessary for me to write 



