64 MR. JOHN GULLY. 



must be attributed. It is but poor consolation to 

 know that retribution overtook them soon after the 

 completion of this sorry work, and brought with it 

 ' an end of all their greatness ;' whilst on their retire- 

 ment from the scene of their former glory, they were 

 but little missed and soon forgotten altogether. 



Of Harry Hill and other members of the con- 

 federacy, I shall have something to say later. But I 

 may here tell how he was the cause of much unpleasant- 

 ness at Whitewall, when Mr. Scott was for the time 

 somewhat indebted to him. It was, I believe, in 

 West Australian's year ; and the then Lord Derby 

 getting an inkling of what was going on, smartly 

 settled both the difficulty and the man, by giving the 

 latter a cheque for what was due to him, and thus 

 cutting adrift his connection with that formidable 

 stable. As for Danebury itself, like the Stockbridge 

 Market of old, it ' now starts from its slumber in 

 vigour again.' It has of late undergone a thorough 

 renovating, and is one of the most complete and 

 prettiest racing establishments in England ; and under 

 the guiding hand of the talented jockey, the lessee, 

 his friends hope it will triumphantly excel in glory 

 even the palmiest days of yore. 



I should here observe that though Gully had many 

 horses of his own, as also had Hill, which were 

 worked independently, the two were confederates, 

 and may be said on the whole to have been successful 

 (I am speaking of the time since I knew them). 



