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Mr Bowe had married. Lord George Bentinck ran 

 some of his horses in the name of Mr Kino-, but 

 the latter was a trainer who, among other horses, 

 prepared Tarrare — the projjerty of the Earl of 

 Scarbrough — for the Doncaster St Leger of 1826, 

 which Tarrare won. Mr King therefore thought 

 it would expose him to invidious comments if he 

 appeared as nominator of mysterious horses of 

 which he was not the trainer, and with which he 

 had no intelligible connection. Under these cir- 

 cumstances he begged Lord George to find some 

 other nominator for his entries, and in this way 

 the services of Mr John Bowe were secured for 

 that purpose. In reality, Lord George would have 

 preferred to use Mr King's name, as he was very 

 energetic and skilful in managing Lord George's 

 paddocks and brood mares at Doncaster, and Lord 

 George knew him well and trusted him thoroughly. 

 The Duke of Bichmond did not approve of hav- 

 ing any more of his Lordship's horses at Goodwood 

 to run in his Grace's name, although it was his 

 Lordship's wish to have all his stud there. In 

 consequence, therefore, of this objection on the part 

 of his Grace, Lord George established a stud at 

 Danebury, where he expended a large sum in 

 building stables, forming paddocks, making roads 

 and plantations, and double-turfing the gallops ; 

 in fact, it was rumoured that his Lordship expended 

 £1500 for bone-dust alone. At that time John 

 Barham Day, familiarly known as " Honest John," 



