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of in the highest terms of admiration, as a nobleman 

 who raced neither for money nor anything else but 

 the pleasure of the sport. 



Mr. Pryse-Pryse, of.Buscot Park, Aberystwith, a 

 contemporary of Mr. Harry Biggs before mentioned, 

 was one of the earliest patrons of Danebury, if he did 

 not, like Lord Palmerston, train with my grandfather 

 at Houghton Downs. He commenced racing in 1811, 

 and between that year and the time of his leaving 

 the turf, in 1848, had the following amongst many 

 horses: Grimaldi, Caliban, Bobtail colt, Frances, 

 Duplicate, Dr. Eady, Cardinal Puff, and Buscot 

 Burl: Of these the three last named w T ere probably 

 the best, and won him many races. 



Mr. Ralph Etwall, another gentleman associated 

 with my recollections of Danebury, was for many 

 years the representative of Andover in the Liberal 

 interest. He was born in or near the town, about 

 the year 1802. He was the most ungainly person, 

 and for a gentleman the most uncouth, that ever I 

 saw. His brother William, brought up as a Blue- 

 coat boy, was little if any more polished than himself. 

 Yet I suppose the fault was not due to want of edu- 

 cation, for their parents possessed two or three free- 

 hold estates of live or six hundred acres each in 

 the neighbourhood. Mr. Ralph Etwall, it would 

 appear, soon ran through his property, as a conse- 

 quence of the cost of his election contests ; for in 

 those days the Liberals stopped at few things to 



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