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and during what is called " the Hastings era " the evil was 

 at its height. Mr. Padwick's connection with Lord 

 Hastings, the history of The Earl and Lady Elizabeth, etc., 

 are incidents too fresh to need recalling; nor, indeed, 

 would it be profitable to do so. . . . Those who knew 

 him well esteemed him for a warmth of heart and general 

 kindness of disposition for which the outside world hardly 

 gave him credit. 



The tribute paid to Mr. Padwick in the last 

 two or three lines entirely bears out what I said 

 about him earlier. He may not have been all 

 that a man should be in his dealings with others, 

 but so far as my personal experience went I had 

 no occasion to think of him otherwise than as a 

 friend. 



After the departure of Mr. Padwick, William 

 Goater, and I with him, remained at Findon. 

 The stable now became a ** public '* one. I 

 continued to discharge the duties I had under- 

 taken in Mr. Padwick's time, Goater of course 

 now providing the money for expenses. Every- 

 thing went smoothly, for the successful way in 

 which the stable was conducted after John Day's 

 retirement ensured all the patronage desired. 

 Among the owners who sent us horses were 

 Mr. W. Blake, of Worthing; Mr. W. G. Craven, 

 a nephew of Lord Craven; Mr. Savile; Lord 

 Westmoreland, and the Marquis of Anglesey. 



Lord Westmoreland joined the stable in 1861, 

 when he was twenty- six years of age. I have 



