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and how dearly he redeemed her. A cycle 

 of barrenness followed one of profusion, and 

 Mr. Padwick graciously allowed him, in 1865, 

 to have Kangaroo at 12,500 guineas, not one 

 sixpence of which ever came back ; while 

 The Duke was useless from influenza, till half 

 the season was over. In 1866, which pro- 

 duced him a One Thousand Guineas winner 

 in Repulse and a Goodwood Cup one in The 

 Duke, the stable was once more at a dead- 

 lock for a Cesarewitch horse, but Lecturer, a 

 foal from the Sledmere sale, carried 7 st. 3 lb., 

 and won, it was said, ,£40,000 for the Don- 

 nington party. 



"A winter's reflection convinced his Lord- 

 ship that Hermit could never win the Derby, 

 and £103,000 was the price he paid for his 

 thoughts. People were once wont to tell, 

 almost below their breath, that ' Davies the 

 Leviathan ' had been known to pay away 

 £70,000 or more on the Derby. The present 

 age is capable of greater efforts, as before 

 Monday came round, the bankers and solici- 

 tors had consulted, and the whole of the 

 Marquis's losings were found for him. Thus 

 was panic averted from ' The Corner,' but, 



