CHAPTER XIV. 



MEN OF MY TIME, OK DANEBUEY PATRICIANS 



(continued). 



Mr. Trelawney — Coldreniclc favourite for the Derby — Officious 

 friends — ' John Davis looked up' — The money hedged. 



Mr. Wreford — Success as a breeder ; system pursued ; ex- 

 cellence of yearlings ; Wapiti — His horses ;. mode of engage- 

 ment ; races won ; family disappointments — ' A dinner for 

 three ; disappearance of the goose ' — A hot breakfast and a hot 

 pudding — Shooting in Devonshire and Wiltshire compared — 

 The sheep and the Downs — A sad old age. 



Sir E. B. Baker ; complacence when beaten ; removal to 

 Woodyates. 



Sir J. B. Mills ; easily satisfied ; story of another philosopher 

 and a lazy trainer — Gout v. fishing — Visits to Danebury ; love 

 of cocking. 



Another patron of Danebury, Mr. Trelawney, of 

 Coldrenick, in Devonshire, was, like Mr. Farquharson 

 referred to at the conclusion of the last chapter, more 

 given to hunting than racing; and also kept the 

 hounds for many years. He occasionally bred one or 

 two horses for his own amusement; though, as a 

 matter of fact, they were intended more for the chase 

 than the turf. Amongst others, he bred a horse which 



