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not remounted. He went the entire course, nevertheless, with 

 the other horses, and repeated his previous year's performance, 

 with no jockey on his back however. When Salamander came 

 galloping up the course by himself his colours were generally 

 mistaken for those of Hall Court, which they closely resembled, 

 and one speculator, seeing, or rather thinking that he saw, the 

 position of affairs, shouted out ' Hall Court wins for a monkey ! ' 

 The offer was quietly accepted by a spectator who was better 

 informed, and whose knowledge and observation thus proved 

 to be worth 500/. 



Cortolvin, who won for the Duke of Hamilton in 1867, 

 was a sound, well-schooled, powerful horse, and is remarkable 

 for having carried the highest weight yet borne successfully, 1 1 st. 

 13 lbs. — that is, of course, to say, since the race became a handi- 

 cap in 1843, before which time 12 st. was carried. J. Page 

 rode him with a judgment he never failed to exhibit. Page 

 •was in all respects an admirable horseman. He had, indeed, 

 no superior in his generation, though Robert I'Anson ran him 

 very close as the younger man, who came of a family of horse- 

 men famous in the Noith country, acquired practice and ex- 

 perience. Both were extraordinarily cool and collected, and 

 knew what pace they were going, an all-important piece of know- 

 ledge which few men ever acquire. Both were, in fact, finished 

 riders. 



One of the gam est and best little horses that ever ran 

 a steeple- chase was The Lamb, and he was ridden on the 

 occasion of his first victory by one of the finest horsemen 

 this country has produced — Mr. Ede, who rode as Mr. 

 Edwards. 



Mr. Ede and a brother were twins, sons of a gentleman of 

 Hampshire, and George was sent to Northamptonshire to learn 

 farming. He learnt riding instead, and, making the acquaint- 

 ance of Ben Land, an accomplished trainer and jockey, was 

 soon put in the way of practising the sport he loved to his 

 heart's content. When it is said that on the flat Mr. Ede beat 

 both Captain Little and George Fordham by a short head, in 



