CHAPTER V. 



'the danebury confederacy.' 



Commissioners and their instructors— How Gully and Hill made 

 fortunes — Laying against 'dead uns ' — Gulling the public- 

 Universal temptation — A view of turf parasites in 1832 ; 

 Richardson, Bland, and others. 



Harry Hill ; origin—' A thimble and a pea ' — Lord George's 

 contempt — Exposed by Mr. Rayner — Disadvantages of lying 

 — Hill's dress and diversions ; loses £20,000 — Frank Butler 

 'carpeted' — Caught on the Stock Exchange — 'An economic 

 principle ' — Intestacy and disappearance of his money. 



Mr. Pedley as a bookmaker and songster — Wins the Derby 

 with Cossack — Subsequent poverty — An incident at Chester races 

 — Joshua Arnold — Saucebox sold below his value — Mr. Turner, 

 another of the clique — The moral, and a plea for it. 



In my reference to the ' Danebury Confederates,' in 

 the last chapter, I observed that Messrs. Gully and 

 Hill were not satisfied with the large legitimate re- 

 ceipts of their joint ownership of racehorses. Without 

 receivers there would be no thieves, we know, or at 

 least are assured. This trite proverb has doubtless 

 much truth. But more assuredly, I may affirm, there 

 would be no dishonest racing ' commissioners ' did 

 not men moving in a social circle above these their 



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