DANEBURY DAYS 



unnecessary piece of work, and the worst of 

 it was that the severity of the finish fairly 

 settled both of them. Such a wonderful season 

 as Danebury enjoyed in 18G7 may never be 

 experienced again by any training establish- 

 ment. Sixteen horses went from there to Good- 

 wood in that season, and they captured fourteen 

 races between them, whilst the score for the 

 entire year was the marvellous one of 146 races, 

 which will, in all probability, remain a record 

 for all time. 



It is sad to turn from this succession of brilliant 

 triumphs to the following year, which witnessed 

 the closing scenes of the ill-fated Marquis. He 

 was then hopelessly involved, and his horses 

 had passed into the hands of Mr. Padwick, in 

 whose name and colours most of them ran. The 

 idea that the Marquis was ruined by his con- 

 nection with the Turf is altogether untenable ; 

 indeed, there is no doubt that, were a strict 

 account of all his racing and betting trans- 

 actions procurable, it would disclose a very large 

 balance in his favour. His income was a small 

 one, yet he lived at a rate which could only be 

 maintained by a man of almost unlimited wealth, 

 and he looked to the Turf to enable him to do 

 this. His great idea — that of " breaking the Ring " 

 — was a chimera, but he unquestionably dealt that 

 body some of the severest blows they have ever 

 experienced. Young as he was, there have been 

 few finer judges of racing — he was a master of 

 the art of trying horses, though the questions he 

 usually asked were almost too severe ; but then, 

 betting upon the colossal scale he did, he could 

 not afford to leave anything to chance, and it 

 was quite the exception for one of the Danebury 

 horses that had won its trial to lose its race. The 



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