6o JOHN PORTER OF KINGSCLERE 



get on well together. Understand, however, 

 there's going to be only one master here, and 

 that's not you." 



This lecture had the desired effect. The 

 fellow became a good servant. A few days 

 later Sir Joseph came to see how we were getting 

 on. He noted the changes I had already made. 

 " All right," he said, " you will do." 



And so my association with the Findon 

 Stable ended, and I found myself launched on a 

 more or less independent career; at any rate 

 a career that carried with it increased responsi- 

 bilities. 



It is perhaps worth mentioning that, but for 

 a good-natured action on his part, Sir Joseph 

 Hawley would, when I joined him, have been 

 training at Newmarket. At the sale of the 

 Duke of Bedford's stud in 1861 Sir Joseph and 

 William Butler, the trainer, were the bidders 

 for the house and stables. Naturally, the 

 baronet was able to, and did, outbid his rival. 

 Then, learning that Butler had set his heart on 

 buying the place. Sir Joseph offered to let him 

 have it. ** You need not decide now; sleep 

 over it," he said. The following morning 

 Butler thankfully accepted the offer, and Sir 

 Joseph remained on at Cannon Heath. 



Sir Joseph Hawley, who now becomes the 

 central figure in my story, was born in 18 14, and 

 was the third holder of the baronetcy created in 



