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REMOVAL FROM DANEBURY. 



In the autumn of 1841 Lord George Bentinck 

 resolved to remove all his horses from Danebury 

 to Goodwood, and to sacrifice the enormous outlay 

 he had incurred at the former place. He stated 

 his intention to me as he rode off the course at 

 Newmarket on the Friday of the Houghton Meet- 

 ing of 1841, desiring me to send at once and take 

 charge of those horses he had at Newmarket — viz., 

 Tripoli, Topsail, Halfcaste, and Crusade — as " he 

 had made up his mind not to continue at Dane- 

 bury." I was also instructed to arrange for the 

 removal of the remainder of his stud from Dane- 

 bury to Goodwood, with everything belonging to 

 him ; which I must confess greatly surprised me, 

 and caused me to feel in a somewhat unpleasant 

 position. I was well aware that for a long 

 time his Lordship had been dissatisfied with cer- 

 tain proceedings at Danebury, upon which he 

 enlarged during the Houghton week at New- 



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