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on the same ground day after day found it monotonous, 

 and he varied the work accordingly. I think there were 

 more horses in training at Danebury then than in any 

 other stable, the majority of them being Tom Cannon's 

 own property. Hacks were numerous, and on my 

 first visit, having been provided with a charming 

 mount, I made a remark to that effect when I dis- 

 mounted on our return to breakfast after watching the 

 exercise. " Yes, he won the Cesarewitch," Tom 

 Cannon replied. It was, in fact, Duke of Parma who 

 had carried off the great Handicap for Prince Soltykoff 

 in 1875, and for some years afterwards whenever I 

 rode out of Danebury it was always on the old Cesare- 

 witch winner, on whom also I hunted with the Ted- 

 worth hounds. I was indeed the last to sit on his 

 back. One afternoon we cantered over to Garlogs, 

 a property within a short distance of Danebury which 

 Tom Cannon had just acquired. The horse pulled up 

 quite sound, but in the stable next morning it was 

 discovered that he was hopelessly lame and he had to 

 be shot. 



Not a few good winners came from Danebury about 

 this period, including Curzon, second to Sir Visto for 

 the Derby of 1895. He was a half-bred gelding, and I 

 fancy it was by reason of his prominence that the con- 

 ditions of the Derby were altered, confining the Blue 

 Riband to entire horses. Postscript, who won the 

 Metropolitan of 1886 and was confidently expected to 



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