3o8 A MIRROR OF THE TURF. 



oath at the tribunal you have advised Mr. Day 

 to appeal to ; and wishing that you should ex- 

 culpate yourself, and that you and Lord Hastings 

 have been made the victims of a conspiracy, I 

 am," etc. 



Before going further, it may be as well to 

 say regarding The Earl that, on its two-year-old 

 form, according to " The Book," it did not seem 

 to possess any great chance of winning the 

 Derby ; as a two-year-old it ran twelve races and 

 won four of them. But as a three-year-old the 

 horse made a better mark, as it won six times 

 out of seven, beating Bluegown in the Newmarket 

 Biennial referred to. 



From the answer returned to the Admiral's 

 letter, it became known that the Marquis of 

 Hastings being under large pecuniary obligations 

 to Mr. Pad wick, that gentleman held some of the 

 unfortunate nobleman's horses in his power. The 

 Earl being included in the number — the particular 

 bond of obligation being a " bill of sale." Mr. 

 Padwick explains that the money won by The 

 Earl — which it was thought prudent should run 

 in his colours rather than those of the Marquis — 

 was placed to a separate account at Weatherby's, 

 " and every shilling appropriated by the Messrs. 

 Weatherby to the payment of the forfeits and 

 engagements of the horses sold to various persons 

 by Lord Hastings, under Lord Exeter's con- 

 ditions. Even the winnings of the animals I 

 purchased at his public sale (one-third of which 

 the Marquis became entitled to) were paid over 

 to Messrs. Weatherby to the private account of 

 the Marquis ; and I have further contributed the 

 sum of ^1,400 out of my own pocket, up to this 



