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with an accident by falling from a tree while 

 adjusting a rope to assist in felling it. He 

 sustained a fracture of one of his legs, and was 

 taken to the infirmary at Chichester. When Lord 

 George heard of it he inquired Avhether the man 

 was married, and on being informed that he had 

 a wife and family, his Lordship directed that the 

 wife should be paid her husband's wages until he 

 was able to resume work. 



After the season for laying turf, tan was put 

 upon the various gallops and upon the race-course. 

 The cart-horses were employed upon this work 

 for months, bringing the tan from Chichester, a 

 distance of five or six miles. This was, of course, 

 a heavy expense, but his Lordship believed it to 

 have l^een of great benefit to the grass at Dane- 

 bury, where he had caused hundreds of tons to be 

 spread, and he thought it would be of equal service 

 at Goodwood, and repay the cost. 



As previously stated, Lord George had backed 

 Gaper heavily for the Derby. During the winter 

 and as the spring advanced he was encouraged in 

 his speculation by the improved prospect of the 

 horse standing a preparation which would enable 

 him to run up to his form. In the Craven meeting 

 at Newmarket Gaper ran on the Tuesday, and 

 won a sweepstakes of 100 sovereigns each, R.M., 

 bv eiofht leno-ths, beating the Duke of Grafton's 

 Esop, ridden by J. Day, who, although greatly 

 surprised at the easy manner Gaper won, still 



