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General disapproval of his conduct — Attacks Sir R. Peel — 

 Mr. Disraeli and ' the stable mind ' — Hasty sale of his stud — 

 Its real value, extent, and nomenclature — Mistaken judgment 

 of Gaper and Cottier stone — Separation from Danebury — 

 Erroneous reports of the real cause — Ill-feeling to my brother 

 — Crucifix and her clothing — Delay in settling his accounts — 

 Triumphs of the old stable, and effect upon him of continued 

 disappointment — Result of Mathematician? & defeat of Crazier ; 

 backs the wrong horse — Melancholy end - - 114-130 



CHAPTER IX. 



MEN OF PAST DAYS. 



The Bentinck family — The old Duke — Proud but liked — Races 

 with Mr. Greville — Tiresias's Derby — The Duke offended — 

 Incident at Newmarket — A needful correction — Newmarket 

 then and now — Lord Henry as a sportsman — An adventure 

 on the moors — The late Duke as Lord Titchfield — Curious 

 di'ess in summer — Monastic seclusion of Welbeck — Lord 

 Ceorge and the fair sex. 



Mr. Fulwar Craven ; oddity in dress — Deception ; in the 

 Oaks and Derby — The jockey interviewed ; a neat rejoinder — 

 Addicted to low company — Mr. Ramsay — Curious story told 

 of the two — Anecdote of his trainer, Mr. Dilly : ' the dead 

 alive ' — Sagacious dogs : a terror to tramps ; a home-comer ; 

 the signal-dog at Porchester Station — Drawing a bear. 



Lord Glasgow's oddities — General Peel before the Two 

 Thousand — His indifferent stud — Delight in reckless matches 

 — Handicaps himself — Offers £1)0,000 against Gaper — Temper 

 and ill health — Bequeaths his stud. 



Lord Exeter's personal peculiarities — His racing — Insist- 

 ance on trying and running his horses — Blue Rock proves not 

 unbroken — Sale of his Newmarket property — Sir Gilbert 

 Heathcote ; Amato's Derby; a racehorse as 'a heriot ' — 

 Baron J. de Teissier — Lord Jersey's successes — His view of 

 breeding ------- 131-157 



CHAPTER X. 



MR. PARKER. 



Varied experiences — Commences racing — Purchase of One Act — 

 Her trial and our expectations — How defeated — Forestalled 

 and struck out — Running at Chester ; remarkable dream — Joe 



